Dumbledore and Snape again/ Argument in the Forest again.

[esmith222002]

No: HPFGUIDX 137546

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <bob.oliver at c...> 
wrote:
> Also, the "plan" was one of those elements of OOTP that got very 
> swiftly swept under the rug -- I suspect because it raised doubts 
> about DD's character and moral fiber that JKR did not intend to 
> raise.  It wouldn't surprise me very much if we never heard about 
it again, or if we do it is only in passing and it turns out to have 
> been only keeping Harry alive.
> 
Hmmm. I agree that DD did not look good when he suggested that 
Harry's whole upbringing was manipulated to suit some master plan. 
This is a quote from OOTP, p738
'Yet there was a flaw in this wonderful plan of mine' said Dumbledore.

Wonderful plan!! Simply to prepare Harry for Voldemort! It just 
doesn't quite add up.> <SNIP>
>   
>

> Well, that seems to be an all-or-nothing interpretation.  I see no 
> reason why Snape would have to be completely evil and/or that 
> Dumbledore would have to be a complete fool.  We as yet have no 
idea 
> of many of Snape's motivations.  Perhaps he was loyal to Dumbledore 
> until something happened that overrode that loyalty.  Possibilities 
> for such a scenario?  Perhaps he hates Harry too much to continue 
> working with him, and the hate bubbled over at the worst possible 
> moment.  Perhaps he simply could not bring himself to die for the 
old 
> man.  Perhaps Draco is his illegitimate son and he found himself 
> forced to choose between DD's life and Draco's.  Perhaps he does 
> suffer something like an addiction to the Dark Arts and his 
sickness 
> drove him insane.  Perhaps he was loyal to DD because he has sworn 
an 
> unbreakable oath to keep Harry alive, and his resentment finally 
got 
> the better of him.  Any of these scenarios -- along with many, many 
> others -- would save DD from complete foolishness.  He simply 
> underestimated the depth of Snape's feelings, and thus did not 
> realize how a given situation would affect the Potions Master.  
Snape 
> has certainly shown in the past that he allows his personal 
feelings 
> to interfere with the war against Voldemort, with disastrous 
> consequences.  And DD has shown that, in his detachment, he was not 
> capable of anticipating Snape's behavior.
> 
These are all plausible I suppose - they simply are far less logical 
than DD being right about Snape, and Snape being now the perfect spy!

It seems that all the Snape-Evil posters are forgetting DD's words - 
There are things far worse than death!!

Brothergib