Nice vs. Good, honesty, and Snape/Book 7 predictions and Harry's fate

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 152992

 
> Pippin:
> That would be the same universe where Snape turns Sirius over to
> Dumbledore, not Fudge or the dementors, to let Dumbledore, not
> Snape, or Fudge or the dementors, decide what to do with him. 
> Snape very humanly hopes that Dumbledore will take his side.
> Nonetheless he puts the matter in Dumbledore's hands to be 
> decided, not in his own, and not in the hands of three thirteen
> year old kids.  
> 

Hickengruendler:

But it wasn't Dumbledore's decision at all. Sure, Snape didn't put 
justice in his own hands, that's true, and I mentioned this several 
times, because I think it shows that Snape is not as evil as some 
think. But saying that he gave him to DD isn't exactly true either. 
Dumbledore had no power to override Fudge's decisions. This is the 
reason, why Harry and Hermione had to go back in time. Ultimately, 
Snape handed Sirius not to Dumbledore, but to Fudge.