Stopper in Death

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No: HPFGUIDX 92457


> 
> Gadfly McLellyn writes:
> 
> see my post 79500 on Sept 1st, 2003 also, but here is a brief version:
> 
> The reason why Dumbledore trusts Snape and Snape hates Harry is that 
> Snape brewed up some way for the AK curse to fail when it hit Harry, 
> but Harry gets all the credit and fame for this.  So maybe Snape 
> already did stopper death - Harry's death by Voldemort.  It explains 
> why Dumbledore trusts him so much, and why Snape resents Harry's fame 
> because it should be Snape's fame.  But Snape can't let the DE's know 
> this because then he would be number one target for the DE's to 
> murder.  
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Gadfly McLellyn

There is always a price to pay for cheating death. So is Snape also
responsible for Harry's inner snake? (see quotes from OotP below). 
Was his brew a double cross or did it just have venomous side effects?
Is he afraid of what Harry is, or might become?

Jo

 
"Harry remembered the feeling that a dormant snake had risen in him
ready to strike". (OotP pg 730, UK ed)
 
"It was like something rose up inside me, like there's a snake inside
me.". (OotP pg 425, UK ed)
 
"Harry's temper rose to the surface like a snake rearing from the long
grass". (OotP pg 438, UK ed)
 
"Harry's anger at Snape continued to pound through his veins like
venom". (OotP pg 473, UK ed)
 
"The guilt filling the whole of harry's chest like some monsterous
weighty parasite, now writhed and squirmed".(OotP pg 724, UK ed)