Hard time for Snape?(was Re: Draco the Death Eaters and Voldemort)

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 139979

> Julie says:
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> And I don't think Snape's situation is a good analogy. Or, maybe
> it is. Punishment, penance, or whatever, can be achieved by  other
> means than prison or (in the case of the WW) being soul-sucked 
> by Dementors. DD shielded Snape for 16 years, but Snape had to 
> do some things in return (and we may not yet know the full extent).
> He taught at Hogwarts under DD, and not in the position he would
> have preferred, rather than going into hiding (something DD surely
> could have arranged if he'd wanted). He turned spy for DD at great
> personal peril, he seems to have spent the last few years 
protecting 
> Harry, a boy he pretty much despises, and (if he should prove to 
> be DD'sMan!Snape) killed the only man who truly cared about him
> to further the greater good. Chances are very, very high that he 
will  
> give his life to complete DD's "plan" (using that word very 
loosely, 
> meaning doing whatever it takes to keep Harry alive so he can 
defeat 
> Voldemort). 


Alla:

Oh, I don't know about that, Julie. Are you saying that Snape would 
have preferred to spend these fourteen years ( or thirteen or 
twelve, I am fuzzy on timeline today) prior to Voldemort's return in 
Azkaban instead of in Hogwarts?

I mean, let's face it, instead of going to jail as a member of 
terrorist organization, he got a nice job as Hogwarts professor 
under the protection  of most powerful wizard of all time.

If I were Snape, I would be very grateful, that I escaped Azkaban,

I think Snape had  it VERY good all those years before Voldemort 
returned. True, after Voldemort returned  he may have  been forced 
to do some unpleasant things, but before,as Marianne said ( I 
think) dear Severus  got a himself a very nice deal, IMO.

He did  not teach in the position he preferred? It is still much 
better, IMO, to have a paying job than sitting in Azkaban in close 
proximity to dementors.

He was protecting Harry? Well, IMO, it is arguable, but again, even 
if it is so, he was doing what teacher is required  to do - namely 
protect the safety of his students.

JMO,

Alla