DDM!Snape clue

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 148441

> Jen  wrote:  <snip> 
> "I'm not completely disagreeing as you (Carol) make a case for
> Snape being a person near the scene who could have cast the spell,
> but it *would* be odd to me if he did it verbally instead of non-
> verbally. That would be a clear threat to his cover. > 
 
> CH3ed:
> Or Snape could just say that he was actually aiming the spell at 
> Harry and it missed and hit Greyback instead. That would be a very 
> plausible excuse, I think. The spell would have stopped Harry 
> pursuing Snape and Draco without hurting him (if that is indeed what 
> LV ordered). I like this theory a lot (and confess that I'm buying 
> the DDM!Snape so I'm not entirely objective).

Jen again: I'm not sure that scenario would work as just a few minutes 
later Snape calls off the DE performing Crucio on Harry. So he's OK 
with trying to petrify Harry and leave him to be ravaged by Fenrir, 
but not OK with a DE Crucio'ing him. Even some of the slow DE's might 
catch on that Snape is inconsistent there and could wonder why.

Another idea: Snape could just say he wasn't close enough to tell 
Fenrir to leave Harry for the Dark Lord so he had to cast the spell 
instead. That matches later actions.

Still, my bigger objection is the text reads like Snape and Malfoy 
have passed by the battling group which includes Greyback and already 
rounded the corner **at the far end of the corridor** prior to the 
spell being cast. IIRC, Carol said Snape might have turned back to see 
if the DE's were obeying and that could certainly be. It doesn't seem 
to work mechanically for me even though it could work for character 
reasons. Basically I like what Magpie stated: there's no reason it 
must be true at this moment, but it will be interesting to see if it 
pans out.


Marcela:
***Wouldn't this be a perfect 'mirror' scene of what happened with
> the Marauders' Prank on Snape?!   James saving Snape from being
> bitten by werewolf!Lupin, and then Snape 'paying back' his life debt
> to James by saving Harry from Fenrir's bite?
> It makes me wonder if Snape still feels like he 'owes' something to
> Harry, like Dumbledore suggested so in PS/SS...

Jen: If Snape did fulfill his life debt in that moment, that might be 
meaningful for the future. Especially if Snape mainly turned back to 
Dumbledore due to the life-debt. Then all bets would be off as to his 
loyalty. Not saying I'm a fan of the idea, just that if JKR is taking 
that route she'd have some more canon for it.

Jen R.