[HPforGrownups] Re: Why Leave Harry at HW at the End of HBP?

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 148306

--- gelite67 <gelite67 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Oh, I agree [Snape] protected Harry (yet again).  But regardless of
> that, and regardless of whether Snape was aware of Draco's plan, 
> seems to
> me there are two options: either LV had given the orders to leave 
> Harry or he had not.
> 
> If he had given such orders -- well, I can't fathom why he would
> when 
> his top priority is killing Harry himself.  Theories, anyone?


I think one of the advantages that Snape brought to the
anti-Voldemort fight (and yes, he's DDM!Snape - live with it already)
is that he has a pretty solid understanding of how to manipulate
DE's, especially the fairly low-grade specimens that seem to be
populating the Dark Lord's ranks these days.  

So when he yells out "remember our orders!" they all respond
instantly - and later on, in the DE staff cafeteria, they might
compare notes and say "what orders?"  "do you remember the boss
giving any orders like that?"  "nope, not me."  "me neither." "then
what the heck is Snape smoking?".  

But it does serve the purpose of getting them all to do what he wants
them to do (ie, run and leave the school).  Of course, V would much
rather a petrificus-totalis-ed Harry were brought along with them but
Snape can plausibly claim that he had his hands full salvaging the
fiasco the other DE's had brought about by their incompetence in not
being able to fight off the Order properly and then getting everyone
away before being captured.

Magda (who thinks that jerking dumb-ass DE's around is one of the
very few enjoyable aspects of the whole thing for Snape)

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