Contra Severum - quick clarification

[hekatesheadband]

No: HPFGUIDX 134508

snipsnapsnuur:  
> You've got a little bit of a logical fallacy going on here. You 
> believe that Snape is returning to Voldemort, which may or may not 
be 
> true. I don't think he is, but there really isn't any way to prove 
it 
> either way that I can see. The thing is, you can't use the fact 
that 
> he is taking Draco with him as additional evidence that Snape is 
> returning to Voldemort. I guess returning to Voldemort with Draco 
> would be more evil than going back without him, but the fact that 
he 
> is taking Draco with him wherever it is that he is going doesn't 
make 
> it any more likely that where he is going is back to Voldemort. 
You 
> are sort of using your conclusion as evidence for itself.


I wish this reached the level of a logical fallacy on my part; 
unfortunately, all it really consititutes is clumsy usage and lack 
of clarity on my part. What I meant was that Snape is "returning to 
Voldemort" morally and in terms of alleigance. I don't necessarily 
think that he's immediately spiriting Draco away to Casa del 
Darklord - that's certainly possible, but there's no particular 
indication in the text. His actions, meanwhile, make it more likely 
that Draco will fall into Voldemort's clutches physically, and that 
Voldemort will therefore have more opportunity and power to 
influence Draco morally. 

The only inference I feel justified in making, on the basis of the 
text, is that Snape is more likely endangering than protecting Draco 
by removing him from Hogwarts, and that that strikes me as not 
reflected well on Snape's intentions. But beyond that, I can't 
venture any guesses - except, of course, accidentally, by failing to 
proof-read carefully enough! The 'shipper in me will speculate that 
maybe a secretly-good-after-all!Snape is taking SecretParseltongue!
Draco to help reunite the JustMisunderstood!Basilisk with its long-
lost One True Love, the Giant Squid. (Okay, not really.)

Many thanks for calling me on that one, and sorry for the confusion!

-hekatesheadband