'...He was taking too much for granted'

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 161480

 
> Jen: The part I don't get with the Draco explanation is why Snape 
> felt he couldn't watch over him anymore and keep him out of 
> trouble.  He's not exactly a whiner type and with the Unbreakable 
he 
> *has* to do this and not because Dumbledore is telling him to!  
Then 
> I start wondering if Hagrid heard and reported everything exactly 
as 
> is or if he made some assumptions to fill in the gaps?  Or missed a 
> few key words?  That makes me start wondering about your second 
> option here:

zgirnius:
I forgot to say-I think Snape is arguing for a more direct 
intervention, instead of continuing to soft-pedal the issue. It is my 
opinion that Dumbledore always planned a confrontation with Draco 
such as the one he actually got (only, minus the Death Eaters!), in 
which he would make Draco understand that 'he is not a killer', and 
then offer him preotection. And Snape was beginning to fear that 
Dumbledore, in assuming that Snape could prevent a disaster before 
that confrontation took place, was taking too much for granted. (This 
would make Snape right to worry, in the end, sinc ehe did not figure 
out the cabinet plot).