[HPforGrownups] Pulling Off Good Snape? WAS Re: Snape isn't evil

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 143602

lucianam73 wrote:
> f) Not joining the battle of the MoM so as not to blow his cover;

Bart:
Once again, I have yet to hear anybody explain why Snape called in the 
OOP in a timely manner for the battle of the Ministry of Magic. To me, 
this is the greatest indication that he's on the side of the good guys.

I don't know how many people here have read the James Bond books (rather 
than seeing the movies), but a major theme in the books is that, on the 
side of good, Bond has to do some rather evil things (the short story, A 
VIEW TO A KILL, which had no relation to the movie other than the title, 
was entirely about that theme). The television series THE PRISONER, had 
a major point that Number 6 could not tell whose side the leaders of the 
Village were on, because, in the spy game, while the goals may be 
different, the tactics are often the same.

And that is the point with Snape; it is impossible to tell his motives 
from his actions. All we can do is look at the clues. And note that, at 
this point, Voldemort's greatest setback since his rebirth has been the 
battle of the MoM, and Snape was instrumental in that setback, and has 
yet to explain himself.

	Bart