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

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 156900

Snow:

> > 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. 
 
Betsy Hp:

> The first remark ("Snape hated your father, but he 
> didn't want him dead." [quoting Julie]) was harder to 
> find.  I *think* Julie may have been referring to this 
> conversation in HBP: [snip]

houyhnhnm:

It sounds to me like what *Quirrell* said to Harry:

"But Snape always seemed to hate me so much."
"Oh, he does," said Quirrell casually, "heavens, yes.  
He was at Hogwarts with your father, didn't you know?  
They loathed each other.  But he never wanted you /dead/." 
(PS/SS, Scholastic pbk, 290)

Betsy Hp:

> But right at the moment Harry is pushing Dumbledore on 
> Snape, is questioning how *far* Snape can be trusted, 
> especially given his past behavior, Dumbledore says this:

> "I am sure.  I trust Severus Snape completely." [ibid] 

houyhnhnm:

I don't see how it can get much plainer than that.

Betsy Hp:

> *Lupin* mentions it.  Actually, he's the one to come up 
> with and float that particular theory.

houyhnhnm:

I'm just about to where, if it came out of Lupin's mouth, 
I'm already inclined to doubt.  I mean is anything Lupin 
says ever accurate?  From Dumbledore's tenure as headmaster
to the reason James and Severus were enemies?  I'm not 
saying he's a liar.  It's more like, whenever he opens 
his mouth, nothing comes out but cheese blintz.