Snape and Harry again.

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 113665

> 
> Alla:
> 
> I was not even saying that Snape is up to no good, although 
who 
> knows. :)
> 
> I was only arguing that he , IMO, should not be REWARDED in 
any way  for MOM disaster, because he did not do what he was 
supposed to do  from the very beginning of the events and 
therefore does not deserve  the credit of "saving Harry's life", 
that's all.
> 
> I can give him some credit for his other actions, but really, 
Snape's  saving Harry's life in MOM?<
> 

Harry was able to save himself from possession, but our guys 
weren't winning when the Order arrived. Harry was just about to 
hand over the prophecy to keep Neville from being tortured. If he 
had, it wouldn't have taken Voldemort long to learn that there was 
nothing in it to keep him from having another go at killing Harry. 
All Voldie would have had to do is borrow Bella's wand, and he 
could have AK'd Harry. By sending the Order to Harry's aid, 
Snape prevented that. 

It's open to debate whether occlumency would have shut 
Voldemort out of Harry's mind even if he had mastered it. As 
Snape said at the beginning of the lessons,"the usual rules do 
not seem to apply with you, Potter." If the ancient spells and 
charms on the walls and grounds of Hogwarts  that were 
supposed to keep Voldemort from influencing those who dwell 
within didn't work, there's no guarantee occlumency would have. 

Pippin
noting suspiciously that Lupin didn't actually teach Harry how to 
do the corporeal patronus, and that Harry's indistinct patronus 
wasn't much help, even against only one dementor in OOP