Power vs. Trust (was:The Possibilities of Grey Snape...)

[nrenka]

No: HPFGUIDX 142986

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at y...> wrote:
>
>> Sydney:
>> <snip>
>> We're all used to seing the 'reversal' in a revenge story, where  
>> Our Hero has been the underdog in a relationship, and then the    
>> tables turn, and the hero has power over the antagonist. 

> Betsy Hp:

<snip>

> So it's hard for me to see their relationship as so unequal as to 
> place Harry as the underdog awaiting a reversal.  

There's one area where Harry has definitely been the underdog: being 
right about things.  This is the card currently being played (and 
played hard) as to why Snape is actually good and Dumbledore should 
be trusted about him: since when has Harry actually been right about 
*anything*?

Hermione is right about things (being our source of exposition), 
Dumbledore is right, all of these characters have a further view than 
Harry, who is continually mistaken about motivations and the actual 
allegiances of characters.

Well, score one point for Harry in this book for suspecting Draco 
correctly; could it be that Harry scores another point as well?  IMO, 
it *would* be a strong reversal to have Harry's suspicions be 
correct.  It would also be an interesting symmetry within the series: 
book 1, Harry is wrong about Snape who is innocent; book 7, Harry is 
right about Snape who is not.

Right or wrong on this (50% chance straight up, decent odds...), 
knowledge is power and that balance has to shift towards Harry for 
him to get things done.

-Nora hunts for a nice cup of tea to end the daylight with