Nice vs. Good - Compassion

[leslie41]

No: HPFGUIDX 153127

> > Lanval:
> >
> > Btw, how do you (and others who believe that Snape lives by the 
> > code of Must-Keep-Harry-Safe) deal with the fact that both in 
> > CoS and PoA he tries to have Harry expelled? How's that for the 
> > future of the WW, to kick the Chosen One out into the world 
> > without a magical education?
> 

Leslie41:

Well, you're putting words in Snape's mouth.  I can't recall 
anywhere that Snape himself admits that Harry is "the Chosen One".  

That's what a lot of people believe, but personally I don't think 
Snape does, in part because I can't see him believing that Trelawney 
is capable of a decent prophecy.  As a legilimens I would guess that 
he thinks divination is a bunch of drivel, especially since 
Trelawney is a kook.  

I can't say for sure, of course, because there's no evidence in 
canon (that I remember) that he says Harry ISN'T "the Chosen One".  
But I don't think there's evidence that Snape thinks he is.

Could be very wrong on this, but I don't think so. I think that 
Snape thinks the ballyhoo about Harry is all ill-founded and a bunch 
of hogwash.  And, of course, he doesn't *want* to believe it.  

As for trying to get Harry expelled...come on, according to 
the "rules" Harry should have been expelled for the stuff he did.  
Snape sees Harry as a boy who doesn't think the rules apply to him, 
and Snape is right.  

> Alla:
> 
> Hehe. I know the answer. Don't you get it, he was just pretending. 
> You know, messing with Harry's mind. He does not really want him 
> expelled. He just complains to DD all the time. :)
> 

Leslie41:

Oh, he definitely wants Harry expelled.  I'm with you on that.

>  Alla: 
>  Let's go into speculation land: IF Snape killed SIrius on site, 
>  unless he had a permission from the ministry, Wizengamot would 
>  have opened investigation about the use of Unforgivable, since 
>  people do go to Azkaban for using those. And the only time I 
>  remember those being authorized were by Crouch Sr. to aurors.

Leslie41:

Of course the incident would have been investigated.  Just as the 
police would come and question me if I shot a "murderer" as well.  

But you know what?  I would be hailed as a "hero" for doing do.  Far 
more of a hero than if I had merely subdued the murderer and brought 
him into custody.

Truthfully, Snape had *everything to gain* by killing Sirius on 
sight.  He doesn't.  Do you doubt that he wants to?  That he wants 
to very very much?  

"Give me a reason," he says.  Snape's itching to kill Black.  But 
deep down he knows that this isn't the way things should be done.   

> Alla: 
> Am I missing something? Now, Snape would have of course pleaded a 
> self-defense or a defense of killing dangerous criminal, but I 
> certainly doubt that he wanted to risk any kind of investigation 
> AT ALL.

Leslie41:

Yup.  That's logical.  Because Snape's a known coward who never, 
ever does anything "risky."