Truth vs. what meets Harry's eye (Was: Is Harry an idiot because he thinks Snap

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
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> 
> If one saw just that scene, I would agree.  If one were Harry, I 
> would agree.  But with 6 books of history & evidence *coupled* with a 
> lack of knowledge of what Snape was thinking or feeling or what 
> condition DD was actually in or what/if anything passed between those 
> two men, and adding in Snape's behavior on the grounds afterwards, I 
> think it can still be a pretty straightforward read to believe in DDM!
> Snape.
> 
> 



Well, it's POSSIBLE to read that, Susan.  But straightforward?  IMO, it 
assumes far too many facts not in evidence to be straightforward.  Of 
course, any theory assumes a lot of facts not in evidence at this point.

Personally, I think that any of the scenarios commonly trotted out for 
DDM!Snape (a legilemency conversation on the tower, a plot between DD 
and Snape beforehand, DD not really dead, the AK a fake), would be 
unbelievable, incredibly contrived, and extraordinarily poor writing.  

Having said that, I can't come up with many scenarios on the other 
sides that aren't also contrived and unbelievable, although none so 
much so as DDM!Snape.  JKR has written herself into a corner with this 
one, and I really don't believe she understood quite what a corner she 
was in until HBP hit the shelves (at least judging by some of her 
reactions in the three part interview).  She has gotten herself into 
corners before (OOTP for example) and in order to extricate herself had 
to do a LOT of handwaving and sweeping of things under rugs, along with 
a couple of subtle canon rewrites (i.e. she essentially swept away DD's 
speech at the end of OOTP and gave him another one early in HBP).  I'm 
afraid, regardless of what happens with Snape, that more of the same is 
on the horizon.

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