Snape and Dumbledores trust

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 54733

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Devika" <devika at s...> wrote:

> 
> PS/SS:  Quirrell:  Snape doesn't trust him.  We don't find out why 
> until the end, and then we realize that Snape's feelings toward him 
> were justified and had nothing to do with the DADA job.

Snape's dislike of Quirrell and possibly for whoever had the job 
before him, might be why Percy would think that he wants the DADA 
job. Snape himself has never expressed he dislikes potions! Quite the 
contrary, during the first class he makes an expression that he 
*loves* potions and making them...

But as to why Dumbledore trusts Snape...
1)Dumbledore is a firm believer of "innocent until proven guilty"
2)Snape has never been proven to have betrayed Dumbledore's trust in 
him.
3)Voldemort's DEs gained much by seeding distrust, worst of those 
times was that you knew not who you could trust

So - Dumbledore fights 3) by trusting everyone based on 1). So, I 
believe Dumbledore trusts Snape, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Sirius, Lupin, 
Hagrid... anyone, just because he has no reason not to. Of course, 
this would NOT convince Harry. "it's between me and him" he says, but 
well, *why* does anyone trust another - honestly, if you ever come to 
have a need thinking why you trust person X, you do not trust X.

Harry distrusts anyone who speaks bad things about his parents.

So Harry distrusts:
Dursleys who, in addition to having *strong* disapproval of Harry's 
parents, lied to him about how they died, how "magic doesn't exist", 
stole his letters, and don't give him any emotional security if they 
can avoid it, and obviously do everything to keep good image, 
including telling Harry to pretend he doesn't exist, the lies they 
tell others...

Snape who speaks badly about Harry's Dad despite of James saving his 
life.

Draco Malfoy & other pure-blood bigots, whose disapproval of Muggle-
borns *also* includes Harry's Mom!

-- Finwitch