Harry's betrayer

[barbara_mbowen]

No: HPFGUIDX 116254


Boyd wrote:

 
-<Snape: Lots of folks think he's ESE--including Harry, so that's no
betrayal. And I think ESE!Snape is wrong. His moral color is clearly as grey
as his underpants, IMO. Plus, he's the one who'll whisk Harry away to
safety, finally demonstrating to Harry his true allegiance.
<snip>
So here's the likeliest scenario in my mind. Harry, fresh from a
particularly gut-wrenching scene in the WW, where the latest vexing mystery
has been solved (but not before something horrible nearly happened to Ron
and/or Hermione), arrives back at Platform 9 3/4 utterly alone and
exhausted. He gets in the car with Petunia and suddenly he realizes that
there are still 52 pages left in the book! He tries to get away, but Petunia
binds him with *her late sister's wand*, then tells him how she hates all
you wizard freaks, and wishes the WW would keep to itself and away from 
her
and her ickle Duddykins. And that's why she delivers Harry to a place full
of DEs...and LV himself. She leaves as LV preaches fanatically to his DEs
while they leisurely Crucio Harry, drink apple martinis, and discuss the
relative merits of autocracies vs. theocracies. DD arrives and walks into
the path of the Crucio, but as he writhes in pain still manages to say
something inspirational yet unfathomable, such as "Harry, you have your
mother's eyes" or "win one for the Gipper." And, of course, his eyes gleam.
Then Snape appears from nowhere, grabs Harry, and leaves with him just as 
LV
AKs DD. AFAIK, QED, IMHO. (Um, sorry, got carried away with the 
acronyms.)

There, now DD is apparently dead and Harry must trust Snape at last. And 
the
plot has finally moved forward that last step before the conclusion in book
7.>

Now me.  Okay, I buy all this.  Dumbledore dies in Harry's place and Snape 
gets Harry safely away.  Harry is humbled, apologetic, forgives and begs 
Snape to forgive him.  He no longer suspects Snape of evil, but looks up to 
and trusts him.

Then, in book 7, Snape really does betray Harry.

Motivation?  Snape still hates James, Harry is still James' kid, and 
furthermore, Harry caused DD's death.  DD  was very emotionally significant 
to Snape:  perhaps the first to respect and believe good of him; maybe even 
the only person Snape allowed himself to love.  

Any takers?

Marmelade Mom