what I don't understand....

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No: HPFGUIDX 137684

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "doddiemoemoe" 
<doddiemoemoe at y...> wrote:
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I really wonder why on earth Snape would ask wormtail to serve him 
> and his guests.
> 
> I loathe snape...I'm sure a great many others do to...but it strikes 
> me that snape must be in a coma to insist that PP serve him, or any 
> guests, any food or wine!!!

While, I personally, wouldn't want to accept any drinks from Wormtail, 
I don't think Snape needs to be too worried, at this point, about 
Wormtail acting against him (unless LV ordered him to slip something 
into the drink).  I recall Sirius' assessment of him (when it was 
questioned in POA why he never took the opportunity to hurt Harry) as 
being someone who never did anything if there wasn't something in it 
for himself.  I think this is true still, so I don't expect he would 
act against Snape on his own as this would bring about punishment from 
LV.  Now, I hope that in book 7 we see Wormtail paying back his life 
debt to Harry in some way, possibly, for once acting against his own 
self-interest (though the way he pays the life debt back may turn out 
to be unintentional).

Would I want to accept any drinks/potions from Snape?  Well, in 
earlier books, and if I was student/staff at Hogwarts and I was in 
need...yes I would.  Look at the perfect Wolfsbane potion for Lupin 
and the fake Veritaserum, etc... I don't have to like him for this to 
be the case.  He happens to be the best with potions and has, in past 
books, not slipped anyone anything harmful to my knowledge.  After 
HBP, however, I would have reservations, to say the least.  I think, 
despite what happened in the tower, Snape remains ambiguous, thus the 
plethora of discussions about Snape on this list.

Cheryl