[HPforGrownups] Re: Shack Flints, Snape's motivation

[Kwhateverr2001 at cs.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 36806

In a message dated 3/21/02 8:30:54 AM Mountain Standard Time, 
rusalka at ix.netcom.com writes:

> I like to think that soon after PoA there was an off-stage scene where
>  Snape and Dumbledore sat down and hashed it all out.  That would be
>  where Snape was finally persuaded of Sirius' innocence (clearing the
>  way for that handshake at the and of GoF), and where Dumbledore
>  explained that his actions had not been motivated by distrust of
>  Snape.
>  

   I hate to be argumentative in my first post, but I humbly disagree.  No 
way could Dumbledore persuade Snape of Black's innocence, especially so soon 
after the incident.  Snape was still burning from losing the "Order of 
Merlin" title which would cause him to be much less sympathetic to all 
concerned.  I think he only did the handshake brecause Dumbledore asked him 
to, and with all the events that had taken place, he probably would have felt 
very petty had he refused.  The handshake was not an admission on Snape's 
part of Black's innocence, but more of an agreement to disagree for the time 
being, since they had bigger fish to fry at that point in time.  Also out of 
respect for Harry, grudging thought it may be.

   ~~Lysa~~