Snape Survey, Snapeity, Dumbledore's sacrifice.

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 149208

> Alla:
> 
> The way I read it Dumbledore may have tried to convince himself and 
> sort of decided that he indeed convinced.

Pippin:
Sort of? He has a sort of decided he had a firm belief?  I think there's 
a contradiction inherent in your position, Alla, and it's coming out 
in your choice of words.

Canon doesn't show Dumbledore being shocked, so you account
for that by saying he feared Snape would turn on him.
But if you stroll out on a shaky bridge, telling yourself that hey, 
it just looks like those ropes are rotten, and it collapses, you'd be shocked 
because you were wrong. 

And why should Dumbledore think because Snape argued with
him that he was plotting treachery? Dumbledore tells his employees
they are free to speak ill of him, even call him a barmy old codger
if they wish.

As this thread is still titled Snape Survey, let me say for the 
record that I think Snape is DDM. He's a mean sarcastic bastard,
but he's Dumbledore's mean sarcastic bastard. He's anti-Potter,
anti-Gryffindor, and anti-dunderhead, but he hates Voldemort
far more, and would like to be rid of him so that he can go back
to being anti-Potter, anti-Gryff and anti-dunderhead in peace. 

Pippin