Snape Survey, Snapeity, Dumbledore's sacrifice

[richter_kuymal]

No: HPFGUIDX 149164

I've been reading the various posts and perhaps someone can explain 
a bit better for me.  In HBP, we have (American edition, page 583) 
DD telling HP "Go and Wake Severus" -- this is AFTER they have seen 
the Dark Mark and after arriving at the tower.  In other words, DD 
does NOT expect to find SS up and about.  In any scenario of an DE 
attack on Hogwarts, would DD expect Snape to be present? No. If he 
fights for the Order, he's outed.  If he fights for the DEs, he 
could be captured, injured, killed and certainly would look guilty 
of being a DE.  So DD's expectation would be that if there is 
trouble with DEs, Snape will "stay in your room".  
  So Snape showing up at the tower AT ALL would be shocking to DD -- 
because one way or the other Snape has been "outed".  And since it 
was never in his plans that Snape be outed in such a fashion and 
Snape certainly hasn't acted as his ally in the arrival, he realizes 
Snape has betrayed him.
  Draco tells DD "they met some of your guards.  They're having a 
fight down below..."  Harry hears the "sounds of the Death eater's 
distant fight" (page 585) - so DD has to know that in order to get 
to the tower in the first place, Snape has to be "outed" (by either 
fighting for or against the order).  
  So I can see Lupinlore's point in feeling that the pleading by DD 
is indeed DD realizing Snape has betrayed him.

PAR