Snape's loyalties and DD mistakes WAS: Re: HBP: Why I am 98.6% certain that...

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CH3ed:
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> I'm not convinced that Snape had hoodwinked DD either. I don't 
think 
> Harry's interpretation of what the reason Snape defected from LV's 
> rank the first time was is correct (Snape felt guilty about his 
> ratting about the prophesy leading to James' murder). And that 
> passage where DD said that his being smarter than most also means 
> his mistakes are bigger than most, may just turn out to be a 
> harmless statement of humility like when DD conceded to Mme. Maxime 
> in GoF that he could have made a mistake with the age line around 
> the GoF. I think Snape is more effective in not answering questions 
> directly or in witholding information, than in outright lying to 
> great ligilimens like DD and Voldy.


Alla:

Hmmm. I am not sure about Dumbledore's mistakes not really being 
mistakes. JKR pretty much said it didn't she in the July 2005 
interview?


"ES: How can someone so -

JKR: Intelligent -

ES: be so blind with regard to certain things?

JKR: Well, there is information on that to come, in seven. But I 
would say that I think it has been demonstrated, particularly in 
books five and six that immense brainpower does not protect you from 
emotional mistakes and I think Dumbledore really exemplifies that."

Now, don't get me wrong, it is certainly possible IMO that we will 
find out that Dumbledore was NOT fooled by Snape and Snape is loyal 
to him till the end( it is not a concession, but just me trying to 
keep all possibilities in mind in order not to be too dissapointed at 
the end, if what I think will happen and what I would like to happen 
will not come true :-)), but IMO IF we find out that DD was wrong, 
the books foreshadowed  the fact that Dumbledore can make emotional 
mistakes really well and those mistakes IMO are huge. ( him dealing 
with Harry  and Sirius in OOP, him not sharing information about Tom 
Riddle, etc.)

So, I won't think of Dumbledore any less if it turns out that his 
trust in Snape was not justified, it will just make him more human in 
my eyes.

As to Snape hoodwinking greatest Legilimens, yes, I don't see it any 
either way. IMO he either fooled DD or Voldie or both.

JMO of course,

Alla