"I trust him".

[juli17 at aol.com]

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catkind <cat_kind at y...> wrote:
>
>I think that the way DD trusts people is one of his greatest 
>strengths. <snip> He chooses to trust Snape despite his dubious 
>history, and Snape has become a strong weapon on DD's side.  
>Admittedly, Snape has failed his trust with the Occlumency, and is 
>hopefully feeling properly guilty about is - I sincerely doubt DD 
>will stop trusting him because of it, and suspect it will only make 
>him more loyal. <snip>


Juli: I think neither of us will be happy until we learn WHY DD 
trusts Snape. I believe he does trust him with his life, but it just 
wasn't the right time to say it: Harry's devastated about his 
Godfather's death, saying something like this I think would make him 
even angrier at DD and at life.


Juli(e) adds:

I don't think the Occlumency incident affected DD's trust in Snape. DD
was disappointed that Snape couldn't overcome his animosity toward 
James and approach Harry as a separate person in his own right. Had
Snape done so, he might have recognized Harry's disappointment in 
James' behavior, rather than simply assuming Harry would react just
like James. And the Occlumency lessons might have been salvaged
despite Harry's misplaced curiosity. 

Still, there was no betrayal of trust in Snape's failure. It was just 
human failure, which DD should have foreseen as a possible 
outcome. (I won't say probable, only because DD couldn't have
foreseen Harry's violation of Snape's privacy, which changed the
dynamics of the situation.) And while DD's told Harry before that 
he completely trusts Snape, pressing the point wouldn't achieve 
much while Harry is emotionally distraught over Sirius's death. 

Julie 


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