[HPforGrownups] Re: A simple-minded question

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 94991


> bboy_mn:
>
> We are dealing with a common misconception held by almost everybody;
> in reality (fictional reality), Snape did not save Harry. Snape TRIED
> to save Harry, but it was Hermione with her Flame Charm that actually
> saved him, although she saved him by an accidental twist of fate. In
> 'flaming' Snape, Quirrel was knocked over and that stopped the Jinx
> that Quirrel was putting on Harry's broom.
>
> So, if Harry has a life debt to anyone, it's Hermione.
>
>
K

except of course that if it hadn't been for Snape and his counter charm
Harry would have fallen well before Hermione was in a position to use her
flame spell, possibly even before anyone realised there was a problem.

So really he owes both of them.

But I don't think the fall would necessarily have killed him - simply put
him in the hospital wing - where he would be a lot more vulnerable to
someone trying to kill him than in a dorm room with four other boys, plus
assorted animals. My point being that if the fall wouldn't have killed him
then neither of them actually saved his life so while he does owe them, it's
not a life debt.

K