VA/H=Mx13+RP? (was: Was the eavesdropper unimportant to Harry?)

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 147086

Steve:
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> So, I see the events surrounding Snape as very plausable. He couldn't
> possibly know at the time how the Prophecy information would be
> interpreted and used, and that makes him very different from Wormtail.

Alla:

I snipped a huge chunk of your post, because I just want to ask you 
this question. HOW else except Voldemort killing Prophecy couple and 
their baby could have Snape thought that information will be used.

Honestly, Snape is an intelligent man. Are you arguing that he truly 
had no idea what Voldemort will do with this information? I guess I 
have a higher opinion of Snape's intelligence than you do. :-)


Steve:
>  And, he has sufficient circumstance to where he could truly regret
> the results of his action; again, very different than Wormtail.

Alla:

I won't argue that. If he indeed TRULY regretted what he did, that 
indeed makes him different than Wormtail, BUT up till now we only heard 
about Snape's regret from Dumbledore's mouth. Till I hear confirmation 
from Snape, I think I will reserve the judgment about his regret. JMO 
of course.


Steve:
> However, I will add that my saying this doesn't absolve Snape of any
> guilt in the matter; he made a series of dark, dangerous, and
> anti-social choices that lead him to where he was at that time; he can
> only blame himself for those choices. But in the specific event of the
> Potter's death, he is certainly far less culpable than Wormtail.

Alla:

I love Amiable Dorsai's comparison - Snape is as guilty in Potters 
deaths, as the man who fires gun in the crowd. He may have not known 
WHO will die by name, but IMO he absolutely knew that two people and 
baby are marked for death now. Wormtail is not even in the picture yet. 
Snape started all that, IMO.

Alla