Did Snape pay his life debt in PS/SS? WAS: Re: DDM!Snape clue

[koinonia02]

No: HPFGUIDX 148589

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" Message 
148569 wrote:


> Well, no I don't think he did fulfill his life-debt in PS/SS. He 
> TRIED and that makes a huge difference, but Hermione was the one 
>who  put the final nail into the operation, albeit unconsciously.
> 
> Too bad we don't know how life-debt works precisely, but it makes 
> total sense to me even if Snape completely loyal to Dumbledore, he 
> would want to pay his life debt alone, play the hero without 
> anybody's help, so I speculate that even if the events of PS/SS 
> would allow Snape to consider debt fulfilled, Snape himself would 
> not think that the debt is fulfilled.


"K":

Well, Harry states Snape saved his life. Does that not count for 
anything?  :-)

GoF
Ch 26

Hermione:

"Oh Ron," said Hermione, shaking her head skeptically, "we thought 
Snape was trying to kill Harry before, and it turned out he was 
saving Harry's life, remember?"

Harry:

Harry looked at Hermione, thinking...it was true that Snape had 
saved his life once...