ESE Snape and Snogging?

[Krissy]

No: HPFGUIDX 134428

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bbkkyy55" <bbkkyy55 at y...> wrote:
> Sorry if this has been noticed, but... I'm a ESE Snape fan and am 
> rereading.  When Hagrid is talking about the argument he overheard 
> between Snape and DD he says:
> 
> "Well_ I jus' heard Snape sayin' Dumbledore took too much fer 
granted 
> an' maybe he - Snape - didn' wan' ter do it anymore-"
> 


Well, first of all, we're hearing this conversation from a secondary 
source; Hagrid. I do love that man dearly, but what if some of the 
words were changed around? The meaning could be vastly different.


Also, what I notice is that Hagrid says 'maybe'. Snape could have 
said: "Dumbledore, you take too much for granted. I don't know if I 
want to continue to follow through with this."


Whatever it was that Snape said, it didn't seem to shake Dumbledore's 
faith in him. I like the ESE!Snape theory, but somehow I just can't 
see Dumbledore taking Snape simply at his word that he had repented. 
There is a piece of the puzzle missing that we are not aware of.


I think it is quite probable that Snape told Dumbledore about the 
Unbreakable Vow. I can't think of any other reasonable explaination 
that Dumbledore would give the job of DADA to Snape and risk losing 
him as a teacher.


Snape obviously is trying to keep an eye on what Draco is doing, and 
Draco manages to block him from his mind. Draco sees it as Snape 
trying to steal his glory (which is indeed possible), but you could 
also interperate it as Snape trying to figure out how much time they 
have left.


As I said before, the argument did not cause Dumbledore to lose faith 
in Snape. We don't know the whole conversation, or even the exact 
wording of what was said.


I've always thought Snape was in all this for himself, or that over 
the years, he just doesn't care anymore and will align himself with 
whichever side looks like it will win.


I believe that DD and Snape had, in some fashion, a plan for when DD 
had to die. The slight tremble in Snape's hand, the argument, the 
brief pause on the tower, and the words he says to Harry after could 
be interpreted as Snape being good.


Of course, I could say that the tremble in his hand was caused by 
delight or excitement at the thought of ridding himself of Dumbledore, 
the argument could have been his way of telling DD that he was 
leaving, the brief pause on the tower could have been him savoring the 
moment, and the words he said to Harry, which really did sound like 
advice to me, could have been all taunts.


On another note, do we know how Foe Glass works exactly?


Krissy