Forgiving Snape was FF: Re: Who does Snape really hate?

[kiricat4001]

No: HPFGUIDX 144780

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mercurybluesmng" 
<MercuryBlue144 at a...> wrote:
>
> Bart:
> > Please name one life that we know was taken due to Snape's spy 
work 
> > for Voldemort. I don't know of any; only those that Snape 
CLAIMED 
> > were lost to the Black sisters.
> 
> 
> MercuryBlue:
> Well, Emmeline Vance is certainly dead, Sirius Black is certainly
> dead. Snape may have been lying to Narcissa and Bellatrix, but, on
> this point at least, why would he? Particularly given that 
Bellatrix
> probably knows quite well who actually killed Emmeline, and could 
ask
> that person where s/he found out where Emmeline would be the night 
she
> was killed. And we KNOW that part of the reason Sirius didn't sit
> tight on Ministry raid night is Snape's continuous taunts about 
being
> snug in his nice little hideyhole and not having to do any of the 
real
> work.


Marianne:

I'm firmly OFH!Snape, but I don't think Snape's taunting of Sirius 
was a very big factor in Sirius's decision to go to the Ministry.  
Certainly it is something that Harry can use to add to his reasons 
to hate Snape.  But, I think that if Sirius truly believed that 
Harry was in great danger, nothing short of magical force by the 
other Order members would have kept him at Grimmauld Place.  

On the other hand, if one believes that Snape deliberately delayed 
in informing the Order about Harry and friends leaving Hogwarts, 
thus giving the Order very little time to muster a decent number of 
them to dash off to the Ministry, then, I think Snape would 
certainly bear a higher level of responsibility for Sirius's death. 

Marianne