Was the eavesdropper unimportant to Harry? WAS: Re: Snape again

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 147020

quick_silver71 wrote:

> To 
> a certain extent the ending of PoA is maybe the only part of the 
> novels where Snape is clearly wrong about something...and when Snape 
> gets it wrong boy does he get's it wrong. (Now forgive me...it's 
> been a while since I read PoA) Snape basically functions as 
> the...villian...or perhaps misguided, dangerous fool, with a 
> grudge...in a way that Peter simply does not. Snape threatens 
> people, he screams and carries on, he refuses to listen or see the 
> truth, etc. and in the end the Trio have to attack the man to shut 
> him up. He then proceeds to question Dumbledore's judgement, in 
> front of other people, and generally make an a** of himself ending 
> when he causes Lupin to lose his job. 

More than that, he poisons Fudge's mind against the testimony of The
Trio by convincing him that their belief in Sirius's innocence is the
result of their being confunded.

As a result, Sirius remained a fugitive subject to the Kiss upon
apprehension, and no Ministry effort was made to find Pettigrew.

Assuming that Snape really is DDM, this is one of the most damaging
"own goals" of the entire series.  Aside from leaving Peter free to
eventually resurrect Voldemort, Snape planted the seed of doubt that
Rita Skeeter so lavishly fertilised, and that bloomed into Fudge's
conclusion that Harry was a dangerous braggart.

None of this has escaped Harry's attention, I'm sure.

Amiable Dorsai