Trusting Snape was Re: my greatest fear....

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Carol:
 He's (IMO) a grown-up teenage boy trying to prove to his surrogate 
father, DD, that he's right about the "brothers" that his "father" 
favored over him. ("See, Dad? I was right all along. You shouldn't 
have trusted them or made Potter Head Boy. I'm the one who's really 
loyal. I'm the one who's suffered for you." And he has, but so have 
they.)

Potioncat:
I snipped what I thought was a fantastic post so that I could 
respond to the part above.

I think Snape behaves in something of a filial way towards DD on 
several occasions. (Not that I think DD is his father, nor is that 
what Carol is saying.)  It reminds me of the Prodigal Son Parable, 
but Snape plays both the  son who returns (prior to GH) and now as 
the Son who rejects the younger brother (Snape doesn't want Black in 
the party)

At any rate, I'm feeling much better about Snape's 
trustworthiness...now watch JKR pull the rug out from under me in 
Book 7!
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