Snape and Harry again.

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 113683

> > Pippin:
> > Again? Oh dear <g>.  There's certainly plenty of ammunition for 
> > those who want to believe that Snape is up to no good and that 
> > Dumbledore deliberately makes himself unavailable just when 
> > Harry needs him most. 
> 
> 
> 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?

Hannah now: I don't think Snape deserves a great deal of credit for 
Harry getting saved at the MoM, since he only did what he ought to 
as a member of the Order (as a Snape apologist, it *hurts* saying 
that!).

But suppose things had turned out differently, and Harry hadn't 
managed to get to the MoM.  From Snape's pov, the most likely place 
for Harry to be is the forest, probably in great danger.  Let's 
admit, but for a couple of lucky accidents, Harry would probably 
have been getting crucio'd by Umbridge in clearing/ being beaten 
with a pine tree by Grawp/ being subjected to whatever punishment 
the centaurs mete out to intruders in 'their' forest.  

If this had been the case, Snape would have been the hero, saving 
Harry (and Hermione) single handed.  The Forbidden Forest is a 
dangerous place at the best of times, never mind at night, with LV 
on the ascendancy and the centaurs in a huff.  For Snape to go in 
there on his own to look for Harry is hardly a soft option.  Just 
because it turns out Harry isn't there after all, I still think he 
deserves credit for going in there.

Hannah