SYOS!Snape?

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 115120


Yb wrote: 
snip
Or maybe, Snape's SYOS colors won't kick 
> in until he's in the heat of battle, like he has to run into a 
> battle scene to save Harry or something. I am almost certain that 
> Snape's "moment of truth" (when we see if Snape is a "true" 
> Slytherin, or if Phineas was wrong about them in general) will 
> concern Harry, and perhaps his safety.

>snip

But if I'm right, and Phineas is right, when we see 
> Snape's life on the line, when he has to choose between saving 
> himself or getting hurt/killed for those around him, we'll see him 
> make the /easy/ choice, not the /right/ one.
> 

Potioncat:
Sorry I'm replying without canon to quote. IIRC, Phineas Nigellus 
says, "Slytherins are brave.  But given a choice they will save 
their neck."

Now, what does that mean?  Slytherins don't rush into danger but 
take a cautious approach. I think a Slytherin would risk and give 
his life for another if called for. But would be just as happy to 
survive the experience. We were told that Snape took great personal 
risk for "our side."

I know JKR values courage.  But it seems to me Gryffindors would be 
more likely to take reckless chances and give their lives perhaps 
unnecessarily.

Potioncat (who is not anti-Gryffindor by any means.)