[HPforGrownups] Snape's Worst Memory

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>From: steven1965aaa 
Having reflected a little more  after reading these posts, I think the 
really significant question is  why Snape is concerned to prevent Harry 
from seeing this particular  memory.  Any thoughts?

>zgirnius:
Or maybe it is not really  Snape's worst memory. Maybe it is one of 
the two Harry did not see. Or maybe  Harry assumes (having seen SWM) 
that Snape put his worst memories in the  Pensieve, but really Snape 
put in the memories he'd most prefer Harry not  see, which is not 
necessarily the same thing.


Nikkalmati:
Ok somebody has to say this for the purpose of discussion.  What  zgirnius 
says above (and maybe this is what z was alluding to) made me think  that Snape 
put in the Pensieve the 3 memories that would do the most harm to  Harry.  In 
other words, he was protecting him.  Now the memory Harry  saw did shake him 
up.  Maybe he wasn't supposed to know what his father was  like as a kid or 
maybe there was something else to that memory that Harry didn't  get to see which 
would have been even more damaging.  In any case, SS  failed again in 
following orders and keeping Harry safe.  Now before anyone  jumps on this, I want to 
say I don't mean SS likes Harry or that he isn't mean  etc.  I mean he has a 
job to do and he is trying, as part of his role, to  keep Harry in one piece 
so Harry can fulfill his role of getting rid of  LV.  
I would argue that SS wouldn't think he needed to put his memories away to  
safeguard his own privacy because he would not believe Harry could get into his 
 mind.  It is kind of an accident when Harry does break  in.  He reverses 
SS's own spell against him.  It is one of those  uncontrolled flashes of power we 
see emanating from Harry when he is under  stress. 
 
I repeat what I said before, I don't think SS told DD what Harry had done  
and of course Harry never told him.  When DD said SS could not teach Harry  
because SS could not forgive James, he was speculating on inadequate  information. 
IMO
Nikkalmati


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