Loyalty to Dumbledore Was: Re: When does a war begin?

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 120960


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<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> 
> > Renee:
> 
> snip.
>  
> But what I was arguing in my previous post was that according to 
DD 
> himself (COS), it was his loyalty to DD that saved Harry, through 
> the intervention of Fawkes. To me, this suggests that JKR presents 
> loyalty to DD as some kind of standard by which to judge the 
various 
> characters' actions, a kind of moral compass. If this is the case, 
> it can't be disproved by the fact that characters don't give him 
> their absolute trust.
> 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Yes, I agree 100%. I also think that we are supposed to judge 
> characters being good or bad  depending on whether they are loyal 
to 
> Dumbledore or to Voldemort. I do think that division between Black 
> side and Light side is painted VERY clearly. The fun part begins 
> when we take a look at those who fight for the light - at least 
they 
> are portrayed with grey colours too.
> 
> Oh, yes, back to Dumbledore. Do you think his infamous "I trust 
> Severus Snape" will have some fun implications eventually? :o)
> 
> Like with his dying breath Dumbledore will tell Harry : "I was 
wrong 
> to trust Severus Snape. I am a very bad judge of character. Watch 
> out, Harry!" :o)

Renee:
LOL! 
But as I believe Snape will keep fighting against Voldemort I don't 
see this happening. Though it would be fun if it turned out DD 
trusted Snape for the wrong reasons.   

Del:
considering Snape's apparent loyalty to DD, does this moral compass
make Snape at least as good morally as Harry ;-) ?

Renee:
Why not? :) Being a greasy git doesn't mean you won't make the right 
moral choices. But we don't know why DD trusts Snape; maybe it has 
nothing to do with Snape being loyal to him. I do hope we'll find 
out in Book 6!