Reputations (was Re: bullies? twins, padfoot and prongs)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 119262


Finwitch wrote:
> 
> Yes. What did Hermione say: "Dumbledore trusts him and if we can't 
> trust Dumbledore, we can trust no one".
> 
> I think there's another point, one none of the kids makes. (Though 
> Harry may *act* it). I think Albus Dumbledore, Sirius Black etc. can 
> indeed be trusted - to some extent - BUT I don't know if I were ready 
> to trust anyone to tell me who to trust, that I'd trust someone just 
> because someone else does... they all are capable of erring, after 
> all. AND Snape may well be trustworthy to *Dumbledore* but not to 
> Harry. (So er - if Dumbledore were to die, Snape's not to be 
> trusted...)

Carol responds:
Not necessarily. If Dumbledore's trust in Snape is based on his
knowledge that Snape is a genuine enemy of Voldemort, and if Snape
knows that Harry is "the one" who can defeat Voldemort, then it is in
Snape's best interests to keep Harry alive (as he has been trying to
do since SS/PS), regardless of whether Dumbledore lives or dies.

Carol