[HPforGrownups] Re: SNAPE - is he actually bad?

[Tim Cuthbertson]

No: HPFGUIDX 143496

Widget wrote:

> Snape is trusted by Dumbledore - not made apparent why but im sure 
> it will. Dumbledore can make mistakes but not one that huge.
> The Unbreakable Bond meant that it was either Snape or Dumbledore 
> who would have to die, as if Malfoy was harmed Snape would die. 
> Maybe Dumbledore though that Snape is more important than himself. 
> He also believed that Harry is more important than himself.

Whiz wrote:

> I believe that Snape is evil and trying to eliminate both Voldemort
> and Dumbledore.  Dumbledore does trust Snape, and now that we've 
> seen the Unbreakable Vow, we may have a clue why.  As for 
> Voldemort, once a DE always a DE.  There's no getting out of that 
> club, so Snape has to play his hand very carefully, especially 
> since other DEs, like members of the Order, are suspicious of his 
> loyalty.



the_bad_gene:

I must admit, that I also think there is more to Snape that the pure evil that he has just shown. But, what worries me more is that when Dumbeldore saw Snape (for what was to be the final time). Dumbeldores voice was "pleading".....
   
  For a wizard so clever, I think that D must have known that there was a chance that Snape would have to do what he did. But for which reason did he do it?
   
  What I mean by this, is that perhaps Snape is at a cross roads and he can either go fully to the dark side or use his position (which upon the murder of D must be as high as you get with Voldie's books) to really get close and help destroy the dark lord.
   
  Just a thought.......

the_bad_gene