Snape/George...I'm not an expert

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 35665

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., mlfrasher at a... wrote:
> My suggestion that Snape may have eventually realized that being 
with the DEs 
> was a bad idea...ummm was missed in translation or whatnot....  
(and come 
> onnnn then...no one thought that the thought of Snape rolling his 
eyes during 
> a marathon pep session with Voldemort and an evil pose down was in 
the least 
> amusing?!)

Well, I thought it was funny...
> I HIGHLY doubt that making a decision to leave a very powerful 
group of 
> wizards hell bent on destroying the world as most people know it, 
WOULDN'T 
> take into account "mere physical survivalism".  You almost make it 
sound like 
> survival or living is a secondary consideration to morality and 
integrity.  

I would say that in such a situation, survival would *have* to be a 
secondary consideration.  It couldn't be abandoned completely, of 
course -- that's why Snape snuck off to see Dumbledore on the sly 
instead of just standing up in the middle of a DE meeting and 
telling Voldemort he's a shmuck.  But when in comes right down to 
it, Snape abandoned his sworn loyalty to Voldemort in the middle of 
a war which Voldemort appeared to be winning -- and then he followed 
that up by becoming a spy.  Both actions reduced his chances of 
surviving the war by a few orders of magnitude.  The fact that he 
did what he did, rather than grabbing the nearest broom and taking 
off for Australia, suggests that he had higher priorities than 
saving his skin.


Marina
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