Snape is Not Evil

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>In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "spedlegs4169"
> > <rjpuntoni at a...> wrote:
> > > My theory is that Snape left the Pensieve out for Harry to see.
> > He
> > > did this so that he could come back and catch Harry and get so
> > angry
> > > that he would stop giving Harry occlumency lessons because he is
> > > evil.  He is still working for LV and this was a way to help him.
>
>I don't believe Snape is evil at all, and that the fifth book has
>been a definite proof of
>it! In the end, he had every opportunity to just ignore Harry and his
>gang setting off
>towards danger, but he didn't; he alerted the Order right away and he
>even deduced
>where they had gone. Seriously, without Snape's help the bunch of DA
>members
>would perhaps not have made it safely out of there.
>
>sincerely // evangelina
>
I completely agree, Evangelina.  further, we are treated to one of my 
favorite Snape/Harry moments so far:  the exchange in Umbridge's office when 
her little junior brown shirt squad has everybody prisoner and Harry is 
alerting Snape to his belief that Padfoot's been taken...the exchange 
between them, and Snape's parting shot to Crabbe, which does have the effect 
of lessening his punishment of Neville at the moment and is so beautifully 
wry and understated that I want to give the man a round of applause.  How 
neatly he managed to transfer a "don't do that to Neville, even if he is a 
hopeless git in Potions" into something in *Crabbe's* best interests!

Felinia

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