Dumbledore and Trust Snape rant

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No: HPFGUIDX 73286

Yeah, bibphile, I agree with your "why Snape hates Harry" theory. 
He treats people like dirt because that's how he was treated (and i'm 
*not* trying to defend him, old Snivelly is one of my least fav 
characters) and if he is nice to anyone, it's just an act. 

But i also think that there's something more about Dumbledore 
trusting Snape. I just can't imagine he believed him only after 
Snape 
 came to him and said he wants to be a spy or something. It is way 
to 
 important a matter, not to mention that Snivellus is now a member 
of 
the Order. Dumbledore must be perfectly assured about all this. I 
don't think that JKR will let him do any more mistakes in the next 
books. The one we see Dumbledore speak about in OoP (if one really 
calls this his *mistake*) is the only one he's ever made. I don't 
think that the Headmaster is wrong about Snape. I mean - he 
doesn't 
have to love him, but still he *somehow* knows he can trust him. 
 
 When Harry asks Dumbledore about trusting Snape, DD becomes 
suddenly 
 rather, well, solemn, even stern. As if it was something really 
only 
between them, something only DD and Snivelly know. Maybe it has 
something to do with DD's family (if he has/had any). It kinda 
popped 
 into my head, though it sounds a bit impossible. I mean, if he had 
 any that was killed or is hiding somewhere, people would know 
about 
 it, after all DD was very famous. But still... I don't know. 
 The "saving somebody's life" theory is most probable but then 
whose 
 life did he save to gain DD's trust? Or by whom was he saved so 
that 
 his debt is so big that he can be trusted? 
 
 And I don't believe in all this Snape-in-love-with-Lily stuff. No 
 way, it's just impossible (IMO). He hated James enough without 
being 
 in love with his wife. 
 
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