Who's at fault for Snape v. Harry?

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 67989

Kai: 


> If a burglar breaks into my house, robs it, shoots me, and *then is 
so gracious as to phone the hospital* before he leaves...I find it
> difficult to buy that I personally owe that criminal some sort of
> "debt" because he did *the right thing* and kept me from bleeding to
> death.
> 
> Snape's life was in danger precisely because of the actions of
> Harry/Hermione/Ron/Sirius/Remus in the Shack.

Oh, I have no problems buying that Snape was in danger because of the 
Trio. (I don't see where Sirius and Remus had much to do with it)

I was just pointing out that Harry has saved Snape, and he did it a 
lot more convincingly that Snape did with his countercurse that 
wasn't working.

And if Snape would have calmed down and listened to a bit of logic 
instead of ranting about Harry "getting down on bended knee" (whew, 
there are NO issues there, are there?) then maybe he'd have actually 
learned the truth instead of just being in the way.

Should Snape feel in debt? No, probably not, but I don't see where 
Harry should feel in debt to Snape either, not considering Hermione 
and Harry himself had a role in saving Harry's life in SS/PS.

And at the least, Snape has more than extracted that debt with the 
way he treats Harry in class.

Darrin
-- I don't consider saving someone's life a license to treat them 
like crap.