The Possibilities of Grey Snape/Dumbledore/Harry

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 143112


> Sherry now:
> Trusted and respected by whom?  The quickness with which his
> colleagues--except Hagrid--were ready to accept Harry's word on the death of
> Dumbledore doesn't seem to indicate that he was trusted and respected by his
> fellow teachers.  It seemed that they had all, like the rest of us, accepted
> Snape on the strength of Dumbledore's word alone.  They all seemed to be
> ready to dump him like a hot rock, as soon as they heard what Harry said.
> As someone in the pro Snape camp said ages ago, nobody even said anything
> like, but Harry you must be wrong.  They bought it very quickly, as if they
> were disposed to believe the worst of him.
> 

Pippin:
Unlike Harry, the Order did not hesitate to send for Snape when they needed
help and as Lupin said they were all glad when he arrived. It doesn't sound as
if they doubted him then. 

But as the old saying has it, Truth is the first casualty of war. Why? Because 
in times of crisis, Skepticism gets bound, gagged, and stuffed in the attic.  It's 
not human nature to doubt  in the midst of a crisis. That's why tyrants love
to manufacture enemies, but unfortunately it also works for well-meaning
leaders who are merely mistaken about things. In the eyes of all but
Hagrid, perhaps, who still sees Harry as the little kid he rescued from the
hut on the rock, Harry is the Chosen One. Doubt is unthinkable now.

Sherry:

Yes, it must take a great deal of sacrifice, bravery and honor to kill an
innocent, unarmed old man. 

Pippin:
You haven't said what else Snape could do, except show his loyalty by dying,
leaving Harry at the mercy of the DE's. Draco knew someone else was there.
Don't you think he'd have tried to redeem himself for his failure in the DE's 
eyes by telling the others?

Is life in the Potterverse like a Star Trek episode, where  the Head Writer 
makes sure that Captain Kirk always finds a  solution that lets the heroes 
live to fight another day? 

If we teach kids that they will never have to choose between ugly alternatives 
as long as they are heroic and brave, what will they think when ugly alternatives
are all that's on the table? That they must have done something wrong?

Pippin