my greatest fear....

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 121187


> Potioncat:
> Here are two sections that made me wonder.  It's nothing the 
Snape  opposition hasn't been saying all along, but for some 
reason, it hit  home when I read it this time. I'm not fully 
converted, but my faith  in Snape is shaken!
> 
<snip quotes>
> 
> In the first case, Snape has been telling DD about Lupin all 
along  and is eager to be proven right.  But he shows no regret 
for the  pain this will cause DD.<

Pippin:
He thinks he's talking to Death Eaters. Why give them the 
satisfaction of knowing they've hurt Dumbledore?

Potioncat:
> In the second case, he really seems to want Black punished 
and hopes  DD won't interfere.  I could argue here that Snape is 
only  pretending, as a way of finding out Fudge's motives.  But in 
the  first case, there's little doubt of Snape's opinion.<

Pippin:
Snape's already said that he doesn't believe Black's story. There 
would be no reason for him to  change his mind at this point 
except loyalty to Dumbledore. So is he conveying his true 
feelings, or  casting doubt on his loyalties for the benefit of 
Fudge's DE cronies? 

Note  that when trouble *is* made, he doesn't accuse 
Dumbledore of making it. Not at all.

Potioncat:
> 
> Another view I've changed in this episode, is Snape's motives 
for  going into the Shrieking Shack. I thought he was saving the 
trio. It  is pretty clear from the timeline and from what he says: he 
saw  Lupin in the tunnel and went after him.  Snape did not know 
the kids  or Black were there.  Now, I'm not really sure why he 
followed an un- medicated werewolf into the tunnel...<

Pippin:
Because he found  Harry's most precious possession 
abandoned on the ground in front of it. Harry would never leave 
the cloak behind if he had a choice.  He does know it's Harry's. 
"Very useful, Potter. I thank you." (quoting from memory.)


Potioncat: 
> Still, on the positive side, Snape looks positively gentle when 
> Harry sees him putting the injured on stretchers.  Tell me why, 
why  didn't Lupin or Black put Snape on a stretcher?<

Pippin:
The same reason they tried to kill Pettigrew. Because Sirius is 
vindictive  and slightly deranged,  and  Lupin is ESE! 

Pippin