Snape Survey, Snapeity, Dumbledore's sacrifice.

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 149182

Lupinlore wrote:
> Oh, your point is perfectly understandable, I think.  It just isn't
all that convincing with regard to what was or was not going on atop 
the tower, or what was or was not going on with Snape during HBP.  I
mean, DDM! Snape, IMO, would be cheesy, more than faintly ludicrous,
and extremely poor and unbelievable writing.  Now, I'm perfectly 
willing to allow that JKR would actually sink to that level, but 
perhaps others are not.  And for those who are not yet willing to
believe that JKR would pull a, IMO, cheap trick like DDM!Snape, there
is nothing in your argument that is overwhelming.  Snape did nothing 
in that instant, it is true.  But the events on the tower take place
in the context of all of HBP.  There is plenty that has happened 
during that time to have given DD second thoughts about Snape, whether
he acknowledged them to Harry or not.


Carol responds:
How disappointing, Lupinlore. I thought you'd gotten beyond "what I
don't like is bad writing" (not to mention "reprehensible" or
"cheesy"). Canon, please? What has happened to give DD second thoughts
about Snape, and why, if that's the case, is his insistence that he
trusts Snape stronger than ever in this book? Why does DD order Harry,
both in Hogsmeade and on the tower, to fetch "Severus," not Madam
Pomfrey, if he's having second thoughts about Snape?

You've conceded that Snape does nothing on the tower to cause
Dumbledore to look shocked. That must also mean that you disagree with
Alla and concede that Dumbledore is *not* shocked. He has been wanting
Snape to show up all this time. Now Snape appears. How can the
whispered name "Severus" indicate shock? It can't. And if DD has been
having second thoughts about Snape, why has he been asking (or
ordering) Harry to go and get him?

Just, please, explain why you think Sydney's point isn't convincing by
actually examining her points in light of the quoted text (upthread).

Carol, who has seen Lupinlore actually explore canon and is sad to see
him slipping back into his old ways