DD trust in Snape again. WAS: Evil Hermione

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No: HPFGUIDX 154629

Pippin:
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>  I think, as I said, that Dumbledore intended to tell Harry more
> of the story the night he died, but he was reluctant to do so
> because a) He had promised Snape that he wouldn't b) He didn't
> think Harry was going to be able to understand c) He thought
> Harry's misunderstanding was going to make things worse.
> 
> There may be some spectacular unrevealed reason that Dumbledore 
> valued Snape's friendship, but it might well have happened before
> Snape joined the DE's. (That would explain the "rejoined our side" 
in
> GoF).  In that case it would do little to convince Harry of Snape's 
worth, 
> and yet by HBP Snape had already saved  Dumbledore at least once 
and 
> Harry at least twice. If that wasn't good enough for Harry as a 
reason to 
> value Snape, what would be? 

Alla:


Well, Okay the only thing I can add then is that sure Dumbledore can 
trust Snape because he values his friendship.

What Dumbledore can NOT do IMO is to expect Harry to trust Snape 
because Dumbledore values his friendship.

Snape is guilty of too much towards Harry IMO and to expect Harry to 
share Dumbledore's trust in Snape, whom friendship Dumbledore may 
value, but who treated Harry like crap and who had a hand in making 
Harry an orphan is well... naive at the most charitable reading.

That is why I think there IS a dramatic reason Dumbledore trusts 
Snape and besides, would not Dumbledore need the reason to trust 
former DE?

I mean he can value his friendship, but wouldn't he need the evidence 
that Snape changed his ways?

Although Dumbledore is of course Dumbledore.

Alla, who also thinks that DD intended to say more because Harry as 
an agrrieved party deserved to know.