[HPforGrownups] Re: ESE, DDM, OFH, or Grey? (WAS: DDM!Snape the definition)

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Neri:
First, Peter is certainly affected by the Life Debt. In GoF Ch. 1 he
risks Voldemort's wrath, trying to convince him not to use Harry for
the plot.

Secondly, when Peter stabs Harry in the graveyard, it is not at all
certain that he's doing Harry a disservice. The Gleam of Triumph in
Dumbledore's Eyes when he hears about it suggests otherwise.

Sarah:
Oh, that's one thing I missed to address.  I agree here, and none of
this led to Harry dying.  If Peter ever did kill Harry or entrap him
so that Voldemort did, I would be very interested to see what would
happen to Peter.

There's also the strong possibility that this whole resurrection
business is what Dumbledore wants anyway, independent of whose blood
is used.  They need a walking, talking target rather than a shadow on
the forest floor, right?  Dumbledore might just be glad Voldemort used
Harry (who Dumbledore knows to be Voldemort's enemy) as the blood of
his enemy, rather than the blood of someone he thinks to be his enemy
but isn't really so much.

Neri:
But most of all, I suspect that Snape's Life Debt is an upgraded
version, relative to the one Peter has. This is because Snape is
already on his second chance from the Life Debt. Snape originally owed
his Debt to James, and James was killed because of information that
Snape had passed to Voldemort. So some procedure of transferring the
Debt from James to Harry must have took place, and I imagine this
procedure would not be simple matter at all, when talking about such
deep and impenetrable magic. I'd estimate that Snape's Debt acquired
considerable interest when it was passed to Harry.

Sarah:
I think I could be down with that idea.  It's either that, or Peter is
just dumber than Snape.  I think Peter is a) dumb, and b) dumber than
Snape, but c) usually not quite as dumb as he looks.  Also, assuming
all the interaction between Snape and Dumbledore occurred to try and
troubleshoot the Life Debt and figure out what they could do, and then
Dumbledore pulled some elaborate magic to flip it around, Snape is
probably just better educated and informed with regard to the Life
Debt magic than Peter is.  Like the symbolism of their living
situation in HBP, they are both in the same flat (boat), but Snape has
the shelves full of books (knowledge) and the authority and power, and
Peter doesn't.

Sarah