[HPforGrownups] Life-debt - Does Dumbledore owe Snape?

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No: HPFGUIDX 142397



Ceridwen:
And aside from all of that, there is at least one other circumstance 
where a saved life does not owe a life-debt, IMO: when it's the 
person's job to do it. A healer, for instance, would probably be 
owed a lot of life-debts if he or she has been a healer for very 
long, unless being a professional renders such a debt unnecessary. 
It's his or her job to tend to the injured, sick and dying whether 
they're friend, foe or stranger. I don't think there's any canon to 
support WW healers taking the Hippocratic Oath, but I would expect 
that they either do take it, or vow something similar.

Snape, IMO, would fall under this category when DD needed help after 
destroying the ring horcrux. Even if he wasn't the official DADA 
teacher yet, he is probably the most experienced with the Dark Arts 
and their defense at Hogwarts at that moment. He's subbed for Lupin 
in DADA before, so I expect that his expertise coupled with being an 
employee of the school ready to assist in emergencies, would make it 
part of his job. Since it was in a professional capacity, then DD 
does not owe him a life-debt.

Ceridwen.
Luckdragon:

The idea of one person saving another while acting in a professional capacity and not incurring lifedebts makes complete sense. I hadn't thought of Snape saving DD as part of his job. 






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