Who Saved Harry? ...NOT Snape.

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 115330


> > bboyminn replied:
> > >>OK, let's straighten this out once and for all, Snape did not 
> save Harry. At best, Snape assisted Hermione in saving Harry. 
Snape 
> was muttering counter-jinxes against Quirrels jinx which at best 
> were only marginally effective. The truth is Quirrel was winning 
and 
> he had Harry hanging by one hand and losing ground quickly.
> > [snip]If Harry should thank anyone, he should thank Hermione, 
> which I'm sure he did.
> 
Hannah: I know Hermione meant well, but in actual fact it was lucky 
she didn't *kill* Harry.  If she hadn't *accidentally* knocked 
Quirrel over as she rushed towards Snape, she would have caused 
Snape to stop his countercurse while Quirrel was still performing 
the jinx.  That would have enabled Quirrel to have him off his 
broom, or whatever it was he was trying to do exactly.

Snape's countercurse may have been not terribly effective, but at 
least he was doing something.  There were other teachers there, 
including McGonagall, and Madam Hooch who was supposed to be 
refereeing, and they didn't appear to be doing anything.  He also 
refereed the second game (and I genuinely think he did do that to 
protect Harry, and not to skew the results), and tried to keep an 
eye on Harry (he seems to 'follow Harry around').  

PoA is a different matter.  Snape isn't acting out of a desire to 
protect Harry, rather to get revenge on his childhood enemies.  Even 
as a Snape fan I can't really give him much credit for saving Harry 
here.  But I hope that *someone* gave him some praise for his 
efforts in PS, even if it was DD and not Harry himself.

Hannah