Pettigrew's life debt

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 125652


Hannah:

> I think that Snape *has* repaid his life debt to James, if you want 
> to see it as a binding contract.  James saved Snape once.  Snape 
> saved Harry once.  Seems fair to me.  The way that Snape has 
> continued to look out for Harry suggests to me that he is not 
> motivated by 'life debt' alone, or if he is, that it is because he 
> personally can't feel satisfied that he has fulfilled it, not 
> because of some sort of magical rules.  He wants to go one better 
> than Potter, or two better, or... I mean, he's saved Harry a few 
> times now.  

Finwitch:

Well - Quidditch Pitch. Shared save. Hermione FINISHED it by 
distracting Quirrell - or maybe Harry managed to pull out the jinx by 
himself... whereas James acted all alone in saving Snape.

... Fawkes saved Harry in CoS (by healing his wounds).

.. third book. Harry saved PP. Sirius saved Harry, Ron et co. 
(including Snape) by dragging Lupin away. Harry saved their souls 
(including Snape's) with his Patronus... so er - Snape saving them 
was repaying to *Harry*.

.. fourth - well... Harry warned Cedric about the dragons. Cedric 
makes an attempt to pay back by giving Harry a clue about the egg 
(and tells his classmates to be nice to Harry, apparently); Harry 
saves Cedric from Krum's crucio or, rather, Crouch Jr's-- and then 
they fight that Acromantula together --  and then they argue about 
the cup... they keep helping each other, even when they were supposed 
to be competing! And well... if Harry hadn't made it back, maybe poor 
Moody would still be in his trunk...

and fifth - yes, the life of Arthur Weasley. But what about those who 
picked him up, and the Healers?

I wonder-- how many life-debts have the Healers gained? Is it enough 
to pay the hospital fee? You know - Healers who heal their patients 
from otherwise terminal diseases/poisonings/whatever-- they must have 
gained loads of life-debts... 

Finwitch