OFH SNAPE was: Script from JKR's reading/ About Snape and Dumbledore

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Julie snipped slightly:

(d) Snape saved Harry because while he may not like the
boy he does not want him dead, nor any other child under 
his tutelege. He may very well enjoy taunting his students,
even to the point of verbal abuse at times, but he draws
the line at physically harming them, or allowing physical
harm to come to them if he can prevent it. In other words,
his conscience won't allow him to stand by while Harry dies.

Snow:

I believe I said very much the same thing further on in my post. I 
totally agree that Snape has and will save Harry for several reasons; 
Dumbledore was still watching; and as I said Snape needs Harry 
because Harry is the only one that can 'say goodnight to the bad 
guy'. 

Julie:

(e) Snape is trying to repay his life debt to James by
saving the son, since he can no longer save the father.

Snow:
 
Open for interpretation but I do agree that this is what we have been 
told by the old string-puller. 

Julie:

(f) My personal favorite, a combination of (d)&(e). Which
ties perfectly into a DDM!Snape. Not to mention, this is
*exactly* the explanation Dumbledore gave Harry. "Snape
hated your father, but he didn't want him dead." (so why
would he want the son dead?). "Snape saved you (in PS/SS)
hoping to repay his life debt to your father." (These 
aren't exact quotes, but the gist of Dumbledore's words.)

Snow:

Quotes actually can be very important in determining what may 
actually be meant, just look at the Prophecy. Even a punctuation mark 
can change the meaning of the whole sentence.  I am curious about 
where the first non-verbatim remark came from, which book was this 
said? I seem to recall James not hating Snape and therefore saved him 
from the Shrieking Shack but I don't recall it being stated or hinted 
at that Snape didn't want James dead. 

Julie:

I'm actually a little confused over why you left these
conclusions out, since they are in fact the ones given
in the books. And no, that doesn't mean they are true, but 
certainly they should be included in any list of possible
conclusions based upon Faith, yes?

Snow:

Agreed that anything Faith has to imply must be considered. I left 
nothing out intentionally but since there are six books I'm certain 
that I did not cover every angle that could be included. Dear Snape 
had quite a bit of page time ;)

I am not attempting to change anyone's mind on the way they feel 
about Snape only offering an alternative to consider. I was a DDM 
enthusiast at one point and quite understand the position. However, 
whether Snape is good, bad or indifferent is crucial to the storyline 
and this is the bigger fish to catch so I need to put Snape in the 
right shoes if I have even half a chance of figuring out the bigger 
puzzle. 

Snow-thanking Randy for his post!