Snape fiddled while Harry burned? was Re: Spinner's End--

[pippin_999]

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> Sherry now:
> 
> But that's just it, isn't it?  Of course, after the absolutely
accurate vision he had of Arthur's attack, anyone who was 
using their brains would have to *know* Harry would believe 
it.  He was 15, hardly a very rational age under the best of 
circumstances, and he certainly hadn't had the best of
 circumstances that year.  If they didn't believe Harry would
believe it, they were idiots! 

Pippin:
I think Hermione would be very insulted to be told fifteen
wasn't a very rational age <g>. And she was with Harry. In
fact Snape may have seen in her mind that she felt the
whole thing was bloody unlikely. 

It isn't only Dumbledore who can forget what it's like to be fifteen.
JKR is careful not to put any of the Weasleys at GP that night. None
of the crew who are there have teenage children or siblings at home.
Lupin and Sirius  know Harry far less well than we do, and they see 
him as more cautious and far more humble than James. 

Harry has been telling Sirius to be careful and not do anything rash
all year -- why on earth would anyone think that Harry, who was
apparently frantic to communicate his vision to the Order, would 
suddenly forget about  doing that and rush off to the MoM? Especially 
when he's been warned that the visions might be misleading? It's only 
Snape, who *does* see James in Harry, who realizes what Harry would 
do.

Neri is free to think that anyone but Snape would have mobilized the
Order at once -- in hindsight it's always easy to see that help
should have been sent in sooner. But the fact that it shows up late
doesn't mean there was a deliberate attempt to delay it. We are
told that Snape did everything he could to get help to Harry once he 
realized there was an emergency. That he didn't realize it soon
enough is a mistake that's been made by far better men than he.


Pippin