[HPforGrownups] life debt

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 122088

--- Elanor Isolda <elanor.isolda at btinternet.com> wrote:

> So, DD and Snape both know that, at some point, Harry TT'd back to
> the seventies and saved Snape's life.  Snape doesn't want him to do
> this (perhaps something bad happens as a result, or perhaps he just
> doesn't want Harry to save him), which is why he does his best to 
> make Harry hate him.  However, he keeps saving Harry's life 
> because, of course, if Harry dies then so will he.
> 

Actually, I like the first half of your theory: I too wonder if Harry
isn't going to go back through time and save Snape from
werewolf/Lupin in the Shrieking Shack.  It would explain why
everyone's so on about the colour of Harry's eyes, if Snape told
Dumbledore at the time that James' eyes were a different colour. 
Snape and Dumbledore would have pondered this anamoly until Harry
showed up at Hogwarts and the penny dropped for both of them.

And of course Snape would know that when the time comes he's going to
be expected to be grateful to Harry for saving him and that would be
like swallowing acid for Snape.  I don't agree with the second part
of your theory - Snape wanted to die rather than go through DE-hood -
but only because I think it's an unnecessary complication.  Snape not
wanting to owe a Potter - ANY Potter - for anything would be reason
enough.  

It would also stand as a test to see how far Harry's compassion will
go - will he stick his neck out only to save his friends or people he
likes or will it extend as far as saving Snape, who he loathes? 
Certainly there's some kind of major confrontation on the horizon
between these two and since I don't believe that the MWPP/Snape
backstory is important to JKR except for what it means to Harry's
present, it would be a way of creating a cataclysmic and transforming
event.

Magda

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