Curious Duality of Snape: (was: Harry begins to act ...)

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 99065

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...>
wrote:
> 
> Pippin wrote: 
> > ... But Snape's actions are often at odds with his words. ... He 
> > (Snape) does not turn Sirius over to the Dementors. Instead he 
> > puts Sirius on a stretcher, treating him with far more dignity 
> > that Sirius accorded to him, and turns him  over to Dumbledore. 


> 
> Potioncat agrees:
> Yes, and this is before DD has revealed Black as a good guy.  Snape 
> has every reason to think Black is a murderer.  Or at best, only a 
> slight reason to doubt it.
>
> Potioncat


bboy_mn:

Well, well, well... something I hadn't considered before. Why indeed
did Snape not simply call back the Dementors? I'm pretty sure he said
that when he awoke, he saw the Dementors retreating to their guard
posts. If he could see them and he thought Sirius truly needed to be
'kissed', Snape could have just yelled for the Dementors to come back.

Perhaps with so many unconscious people lying around and only the
vaguest idea of why they were unconscious, he thought it best to get
everyone to the hospital first.

Still even with that, he could have enchanted stretchers for the
children, bound Sirius, called the Dementors and let them take care of
Sirius while he took the children to the castle. If he called the
Dementors, they would have surely gone straight for Sirius.

Of course, the ulitmate reason is that JKR needed for Sirius NOT to
die or be permanently incapacitated at that point. But that doesn't
change the curiousity regarding Snape's motivations at that point in
time. Snape's comments in the Shieking Shack could have been a
vindictive taunt against Sirius and Remus. He could have simply been
enjoying the moment when he had absolute power over this once
tormentors, but with no real intention of calling the Dementors for an
immediate 'kiss'.

This is very curious; one new underlying possibility that I never
considered before. In addition, this last scenerio I proposed would
not be out of character for Snape. Snape is not nice, but, we are to
assume, he is good. Gleefully tormenting his former tormentors would
fit nicely with Snape's 'not nice' part, and the no real intent to do
harm would fit nicely with the part of him that Dumbledore trusts.

Interesting.... very interesting.

bboy_mn