HBP: Why I am 98.6% certain that...

[joiedevivre1971]

No: HPFGUIDX 136086

Kneazle24 wrote:
> 
> I believe Snape is evil and that Dumbledore always knew. Dumbledore 
say of Hagrid: "I would trust Hagrid with my life."  With Snape, 
Dumbledore always "simply" says: "I trust him."  
> 
> Dumbledore always uses words like a scalpel. I think Dumbledore 
meant that he can always trust Snape to act like Snape.

(snip)

> Isn't the situation just Dumbledorian? Dumbledore always believed 
in 
> the power of sacrifice, love, and redemption.  Snape NEVER bought 
into any of that. Snape has always been about power and control.

Joie now:

First post here ever, people. Cheers!

Kneazle, I have to admit I find your reasoning about Snape very 
convincing. I only have a couple of other observations to add, things 
I have noticed throughout the stories which have bugged me all along:

1) During the Occlumency "fiasco", I kept getting the impression that 
Snape was really pushing Harry to get one single point; he even 
shouts it out, something along the lines of "if I can do this to you, 
imagine what it will be like when LV gives it a go!" (Does it show I 
don't have the book with me??) Harry spends those sessions hating 
Snape, but all the time he had it right there in front of him, that 
his hate and anger were all getting in the way of *true* Defence 
against Legilimency, because he could not *focus*. Harry spends 
almost the entire OotP narrative in a haze of burning adolescent 
anger. My take on this is that Snape was trying like mad to shake him 
out of it, using the old "making-it-worse" trick; only it didn't 
work... Was that, also, part of Dumbledore's idea? What do you guys 
think?

2) The whole confrontation on the school grounds after Snape 
supposedly AKs DD fits with my previous observation. Snape makes it 
*look* like he's goading Harry, but he is in fact showing him where 
he needs to shore up his skills in order to take on a DE, not to 
mention LV himself. The first thing Harry'll need to tackle, IMHO, is 
emotional control!! Think about it: DD was pretty good at this... Did 
he channel Snape's and Harry's emotions to make certain both Harry 
and Snape would carry on their set courses even after he had passed 
on to the "Next Great Adventure"?

Dumbledore did *not* plead for his life. That, at least, I am sure of.

Thank you for your thoughts, everyone, and please forgive me if I 
repeat something here. I am not quite up to date!

Salvete,

Julie