Is Hogwarts So Safe?

[yolandacarroll]

No: HPFGUIDX 86621

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> Yolanda:
> > Snape said he would remain at Hogwarts when he 
> > chose to ignore the DE summons.  Snape strikes 
> > me as being both a realist and a survivor.  The 
> > fact that he chose to remain within Hogwarts 
> > tells me that *he* feels protected there. 
> 
> Carol:
> I don't think he was considering safety at that moment. He and
> Karkaroff were faced with three options: return to Voldemort, which
> they both rejected; "flee!" (Snape's contemptuous advice to the 
coward
> Karkaroff, which Karkaroff took; and remain at Hogwarts, which I 
think
> Snape did on principle. Granted, Hogwarts is at least as safe as
> fleeing into the unknown, but it was also where Snape wanted to be 
as
> a statement of where his loyalties lie. (It should prove safe for
> awhile at least, regardless of his reasons for staying there; we 
know
> Snape survives to do something of great importance in Book 7.)
<snip>

True, I did catch that Snape was making a stand.  
However, I do feel that safety was a factor in 
his decision.  Snape does take risks, but he is 
not reckless about it.

Yolanda