Snape, Apologies, and Redemption--Lupin vs. DD

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 152624

> Lanval:
> And no, I don't hold Snape entirely responsible for the Potters' 
> deaths. I need to hear more evidence that he truly realized what 
the 
> consequences would be. I'm willing to cut him some slack for taking 
> the message to LV, and not realizing right away what it would mean 
> (though, really, what did he THINK would happen?)

zgirnius:
Harry was shown the Prophecy by Dumbledore at the end of OotP. His 
reaction was that Voldemort should have kept an eye on all children 
born towards the end of July to qualifying parents. To wait and see 
if any of them do, indeed, seem to grow into a threat to him. 
Voldemort chose to act instead, thus creating the unique threat to 
him that is Harry, and making the Prophecy, to an extent, self-
fulfilling. 

Which I only bring up to show, that there is more than one possible 
reaction a person could have believed Voldemort would have, 
especially if one did not give it a great deal of thought. And Snape 
might not have given it a great deal of thought, if he went and 
reported what he had heard soon after he heard it.