Snape's worst memory--more to come??? (oops, looong)

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 139717

Marianne  wrote:

And then they  take Harry  back to the destroyed house in 
time for Sirius and Hagrid  to arrive and argue over who should take 
Harry away? I think canon is  pretty specific that Hagrid was the one 
who took Harry from the house.  Hagrid says he was obeying DD's 
orders.  Now, maybe you're right and  Hagrid also has not told us 
everything.  Perhaps his orders were to  take Harry to Snape's house, 
wait around for Snape to do his wound nursing  and soul bonding, and 
then fly Harry to meet DD at Privet Drive.   Which would then lead me 
to ask why couldn't DD meet up with them at  Snape's and take Harry 
back himself? Why have Hagrid flying around England  on Sirius' bike 
with an infant any longer than he has  to?
Julie now:
 
Good points! I forgot those specifics in PS/SS about Hagrid  bringing
Harry from the ruins of the Potter house. Hagrid even makes it sound
like he came straight from the house with Harry, though nearly an
entire day seems to have passed. Strange, that.
 
Anyway, I'll have to rethink that part! 
 

Julie wrote earlier:
> This would mean Snape had a hand in saving  Harry's life much
> earlier than we even knew, and has continued interfere  in that  
> manner with somewhat tedious regularity--damn, no wonder  he
> resents that kid! ;-)
> 
> Much as Harry may hate finding  this out, Snape is smack in the
> middle of everything to do with Harry's  life, and has been since 
> Day 1. Good, bad, indifferent--and Snape is a  mysterious mix of
> it all--Snape isn't going away. Those two will deal  with each other
> again, and it may be those unknown memories Harry  *didn't* see
> in the Pensieve that will set the tone for their final  
confrontation,
> or resolution, whichever it may be. 

Marianne  said:
Well, I agree that Snape isn't going away.  He's sort of like an  
irritating recurrent rash in that respect. 

I'm not convinced that  he's up to his neck in all things Harry from 
the events of Godric's Hollow  in the manner in which you've 
portrayed.  But, it would be a kick to  discover that those other two 
memories are still floating around in the  Pensieve, although I'd 
have trouble believing that Snape forgot to put them  back in his 
head after his last Occlumency lesson with Harry. That would  strike 
me as very un-Snapish behavior.



Julie says:
I agree that Snape wouldn't have forgotten to put the memories
back. I was thinking that Dumbledore might have stored a copy
of those memories (can you copy memories from a Pensieve, I
wonder?) or otherwise have had some access to them. Snape's
memories about his defection from Voldemort, and of Godric's
Hollow (if he was there at any point), also might be part of what 
cemented Dumbledore's trust in him--that *real* reason I don't
believe he revealed to Harry. 
 
I do think it would be an interesting way of revealing Snape's
true loyalties/intentions, and more unexpected than Dumbledore's
portrait or own pensieve memories being the source of any new 
revelations about Snape. 
 
Julie 






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