[HPforGrownups] Harry on his own and 1-D Snape? (was Re: "Power the Dark Lord Knows Not")

[Shylah]

No: HPFGUIDX 137825

> Blue-eyed Lily wrote:
> 
> Huge snip
> 
>  And while thinking about this, I found that my
> internal spotlight of interest shifted from Snape and his intentions
> to DD instead, wondering just who was DD, the man, that he could make
> such a colossal blunder.
> 
> Up to now, DD has been pretty one-dimensional, as any good Goodness
> Personified character should be, although we got more glimpses of DD's
> personality in HBP than in the past, and he is very definitely human.
> JKR indicated in the LC/MN interview that we would be learning a lot
> more about DD in Book 7, and my sense was that that knowledge would be
> pivotal to the final resolution of the series.
> 
> So perhaps the path the storyline will take will be that contrary to
> expectations, Snape will turn out to be rather one-dimensional after
> all, and that it's actually the usually one-dimensional Super Good
> Guy, DD, who's the most complicated and interesting character.  That would
> certainly be a switch!  Would it be enough to satisfy those of us
> yearning for Reformed!Snape?  I don't know, but if anyone could
> do it, it would be JKR!
> 
> Blue-eyed Lily
> 

Tanya now.

Snape, it does look bad for him now, but I am remaining neutral, fully
expecting a twist or two before the end.

Dumbledore.  I was thinking about this yesterday.  Is he so wrong to
trust people?  Sure, on the surface that all came to a sticky end with
Snape, but to me this is what sets him apart from LV.  Trust and
distrust.  What I cannot get a handle on is that Dumbledore was so
easily fooled.  He gave Snape a double wammy.  First in GOF, then gave
him the DADA.  As one who has been studying LV for that long, he would
know what he was setting him up for.  Not that he is to blame or
anyhing. But I expect that he knew Snape would be spending his final
year as a teacher, regardless of what happened.  Dumbledore's
arranging with the Dursley's at the beginning is strange too.

But I like to think, even though it ended bad, that Dumbledore had the
right idea that trust and the benefit of the doubt is more powerful on
a person's character than LV's idea of the big stick and dire threats.

Snape would know that Dumbledore trusted him.  It's been declared
enough.  Whatever his thoughts were at the tower scene, the fact
remains that he has killed the only person in the world that ever
offered that level of trust.  Working for LV is the complete opposite.
 If Snape suddenly realised that the good side was going down with
Dumbledore in that state, and he made a final decision on what was
best for him, then I half expect that the knowledge of his choice
would possibly eat away at him as to what he threw away.  This could
manifest in the most interesting circumstances.  Providd of course he
has a conscience.  But that is a whole different topic.

Tanya