Dumbledore responsible for Lily & James' death?

[KathyK]

No: HPFGUIDX 76928

> > acoteucla:
> > > I would now like to add my own addition to Dumbledore's 
> increasing 
> > > list of heartless but necessary actions: he is responsible for 
> > James 
> > > & Lily's death.
> > > 
> > > There has been speculation that Snape is the one who overheard 
> the 
> > > prophecy in the Hog's Head, and reported it to LV.  All 
> renditions 
> > of 
> > > this theory (that I have heard) involve Snape switching sides 
> AFTER 
> > > informing LV of the prophecy.  I have a different take on it.
> > > 
> > > Severus Snape, die-hard death-eater, overhears the prophecy IN 
> ITS 
> > > ENTIRETY when Trelawney utters it in the Hog's Head.  Lily 
Potter 
> > > should be pregnant at this point.  Snape can figure out quite 
> > easily 
> > > that the Potters' child might be born around the end of July.  
> His 
> > > life-debt to James comes into play, forcing him to renounce his 
> > > loyalty to LV and help Dumbledore.  Dumbledore recognizes the 
> life-
> > > debt, and thus trusts Snape's conversion.
> > > 
>
 
> *snip*
>Lana Lovegood: 
> Forgive me if I missed something, but why, in your theory, do you 
> state that Snape owes James a life-debt?  
> 
> Lana Lovegood


While this is not my theory, the idea of Snape owing the life debt 
comes from James saving Snape when they were in school.  James saved 
Snape's life when Sirius told Snape how to get into the passage under 
the Whomping Willow.  In PS/SS Dumbledore says that Snape was trying 
to protect Harry because he felt indebted to James for saving his 
life (without going into any details about why Snape's life needed 
saving) and wanted to repay the debt so he could go back to hating 
James' memory in peace.  
As it pertains to the theory above, Dumbledore knew of the incident 
(as he forbids Snape from telling anyone about Lupin) and therefore 
knows Snape feels indebted to James and knows then that he can trust 
Snape to have switched sides because of this debt.  At least, that's 
how I read it.

KathyK (wondering when Crunchberries started coming in a variety of 
colors and shapes. mmm...cereal for lunch)