A thought popped in my head one night... (Lily and Snape)

[totorivers]

No: HPFGUIDX 112492

Alex:
> Dumbledore says at the end of OoP that he thought Snape would have
> been able to put aside his feelings about Harry enough to teach him
> Occlumency--this is a reasonable assumption on Dumbledore's part
> because Snape *has* put his feelings aside in order to save Harry 
from
> mortal peril in the past.  Why he doesn't this time is up for grabs
> (I'd say, either A) Dumbledore didn't give him all the information,
> either, just said "I want you to do this."  or B) He just can't 
handle
> the intimacy of looking into Harry's mind and having Harry look 
into his.)



  Or it could be a bit more complex, and that the few times he 
*helped* Harry he did it because he wanted to prove to James that he 
repayed him, and that he wasn't weak. After all, even if Snape 
sometimes *help* Harry, he does it in such a way that humiliates 
Harry. Plus, we know from canon that Snape is unable to think, even 
in extreme sitiuations, when harry or one of the marauders (Lupin, 
Sirius..) are concerned, as is shown by the numerous times Snape 
refused to heed Harry's warning (maybe they could have caught Crouch 
in gof, or Quirrel in ps, or......).

  *toto*