High Noon for OFH!Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 149429


> Sydney wrote: 
> > > The taking of the Vow makes one thing very clear-- Snape is 
willing 
> > > to die.
> 
> Nrenka responded:
> 
> > Really?  It could also imply that he's willing to do everything 
to 
> > fulfill the Vow so that he himself doesn't die.  You do have a 
gap 
> > there in terms of necessity.

Alla:

Heee. Thank you, Nora for saying that. :)

 
Sophierom:
> Furthermore, everything in the book could still have led up to
> Dumbledore's death without Snape taking the Vow. The Vow does two
> things: it binds Snape's fate to Draco Malfoy, and it ensures that
> either Dumbledore or Snape must die.  So, this leads me to conclude
> that, if Snape is acting out of self-interest, his interests are
> either: to protect Draco Malfoy (as Syndey has suggested) or to die
> (as Sydney has also suggested). If Dumbledore's death was the only
> motivating factor, Snape need not have taken the Vow in the first
> place.

Alla:

Well, sure. But the way I see it if Snape took the UV to protect 
Draco and to kill Dumbledore, it does not exclude OFH!Snape at all. 
I mean, Okay, it is in Snape's best interests for some reasons we 
don't know yet ( or I should say I don't know yet) to protect Draco. 
That IS what he wants at the moment and that may very well 
contradict with his loyalties to Dumbledore, no?

I mean, there must be a reason why Sirius called Snape "Malfoy's 
lapdog". I have to point out that we still don't know whether that 
relates to their school years or not. Something connects Snape and 
Malfoys. It may very well be genuine friendsip or something more 
sinister, but the fact of the matter is that Malfoys is a family of 
wizards who stands for something very opposite that Dumbledore's 
side fights for. And Snape being ready and willing to protect their 
child at the expense of killing Dumbledore does not really look good 
for me at all.

I mean, it is one thing for DD to try and convince Draco to come 
back to Light side, but we don't know if that is the reason Snape 
took the UV, he may as well wanted to protect Malfoys and their dark 
secrets, no?

JMO,

Alla