[HPforGrownups] Re: Trusting Snape

[P J]

No: HPFGUIDX 149179



Pippin:
>Did Dumbledore know himself?
>It looks like the ring curse caught him by surprise.
>Going on about his slower reflexes and the small price he paid may have
>made us (and Voldemort) think  that it didn't, but do you
>think he'd have *chosen* to sacrifice his wand hand in preference to
>the other?

PJ:
Y'know.... when you put it that way it does make me wonder.

Pippin:
>But Dumbledore knew that Harry had managed to
>find and destroy one horcrux without harm to himself. He may have
>thought that since Harry has some of Voldemort's powers, a thief's
>curse on the horcruxes would mistake him for its caster and not strike.
>He might have  hoped also that the Diary had not attracted Harry's
>attention by chance. Harry did seem more interested in it than Ron,
>even before he picked it up.

PJ:
This is my belief as well.  That because of the powers that LV transferred 
that night he has the ability to destroy the horcruxes without coming to 
harm.

Problem is the Inferi were going to hurt him in the cave until DD made the 
light and Harry was dying through diary Riddle's hand when he destroyed the 
diary.  Maybe he doesn't have as much protection as we hope?

Pippin:
>Snape is now in an excellent position to be a saboteur.

PJ:
In order to have put him in an "excellent position", Dumbledore would have 
had to reveal his grand plan - as well as Snape's part in it- to someone, 
preferably someone in the Order, so that this plan could continue once he is 
dead.  Book 6 ends with no one coming forward with any important information 
that would help get Snape off the hook though and, without trust, Snape's 
value as DDM!, if he ever had any, died with Dumbledore on that tower.

He's a dead man walking, we just don't know which side will get to him 
first.



PJ