Unreliable narrator - The Snape Timeline

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No: HPFGUIDX 117234


Neri wrote: 
> 8. Snape is the only Order member left at Hogwarts at the moment. 
The
> two other Order members were attacked and removed from Hogwarts by
> Umbridge just the day before. At no time during the last year were 
the
> Order's defenses at Hogwarts so thin, and Voldemort probably knows
> about it (Draco had a day to send an owl to his father, even if his
> father doesn't know this already from Fudge or Umbridge). DD is
> apparently not available. If there was a convenient time during 
this
> whole year for Voldemort to act at Hogwarts, it is NOW.
> 
> Even if Secret Agent Snape failed to see where some of these things
> point to, elementary caution should have prompted him, at the very
> least, to find out what Umbridge did with Harry, to update HQ about
> the situation, and to ask them to check on the guard in the DoM. 
Not
> doing any of these for several hours is, dare I say it, slightly
> irresponsible.
> 
Potioncat:
Well, you almost convinced me.  Fortunately, I went on and read the 
other posts identified as part of the thread.  (Boy!  That was 
close!)  So, I actually think you have a good point.  Of course, 
none of us know who broke the flask (oops, wrong thread) None of us 
know what Snape was doing or why he was doing it and what we imagine 
he was doing depends on what kind of person we think he really is.

But I have this question.  Why does DD continue to support Snape if 
Snape was being irresponsible?  You would think if DD doubted Snape 
he would say, "Well, the rescue did take a little longer than I 
would have hoped."

Potioncat: Is there a magical explanation for why my computer 
crashes when interesting posts are flying like owls and JKR updates 
her site?