Did Snape Try to Warn James at GH? (Re: Here is an interesting Snape one)

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> wrote:
> 
> Mooseming:
> > > So what if Snape came to warn the Potters and James didn't 
> > > believe him, not because he was too arrogant but because he 
> > > couldn't see that Snape had the capability to change. James is 
> > > then partly responsible for Lily's and his own death because he 
> > > like Snape couldn't move on and believe in people.
> 
> Jen: Whether Mooseming is JKR or not, this is the best explanation 
> I've seen for why Snape hated James and hates Harry even more. If he 
> stuck his neck out to save James that night at GH, gave up his cover 
> and risked his own life, and James laughed in his face or refused to 
> believe him or even attempted to curse/hex him.....whoo, boy, I 
> can't see Snape ever forgetting or forgiving that.
>

Kneasy:
Interesting.
Both the current speculation as to Moosemings identity and the events
at GH.

Certainly posters have speculated that there was someone else at GH
(usually the finger points at Lupin, though Sevvy is second favourite)
I can't recall ever reading a truly convincing theory as to why.

This one would certainly work in plot terms, matching known or
suspected character traits to  the action - though there's one little
question that Mooseming doesn't address - who gave Snape the Potters
location?

Sirius or Peter? And did that person know why Snape wanted to see the
Potters? Oh, yes. High potential for plot thickening here.

  
> Jen: But first he has to find out about Snape. I'm not sure Harry's 
> in any mood to have a nice chat with Snape. Will DD finally spill 
> the beans? There's no way Harry can make this critical choice 
> without all the information as we found out in OOTP. There's no 
> Black in the way now to muck things up or blame things on.
> 
> Ron seems to be the one in the Trio who has the most child-like 
> moral reasoning good/evil--Snape can't change, once you've gone bad 
> you can never be redeemed. Hermione puts her faith in Dumbledore, a 
> more mature response but one based on a decision outside herself. 
> Harry is the one with the moral dilemma, the choice to make inside 
> himself about Snape--has Snape truly changed and can Harry in turn 
> change his view of Snape?
> 

Kneasy:
We may see it as a moral dilemma, not sure Harry will. After 5 years
of hating Snape's guts the possibility that he (Harry) may be wrong,
not just about Snape but perhaps about Sirius too, is gonna be a
bombshell. Much of what he considers as fact goes straight down
the pan. Re-adjustment would be difficult and probably never
complete.

Still, he can always act the way Sirius did towards Snape at the end of
GoF - limited trust in place of outright antipathy. I doubt that'll
bother Snape at all; so long as Voldy goes down he'd do a deal with
Salazar himself. 

Of course, if it goes the way of some predictions made over the past
few days and DD isn't around to act as mediator..... 
Hmm. Nice cliff-hanger to lead into book 7.