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

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> Jen: This one fits Snape except for one minor thing--more on 
that.  
> Snape wouldn't mind watching over Draco as much as Harry.  If he 
> doesn't believe in the prophecy like Dumbledore does (or doesn't 
> think Harry is the Chosen One since he doesn't know the full 
> prophecy) then Snape wouldn't think watching over Harry is 
crucial, 
> he wouldn't see the harm in backing out of the deal with 
> Dumbledore.  If there *is* a deal.  The one part that doesn't fit 
> here is Dumbledore bringing up 'making investigations in your own 
> house'--if Dumbledore knows about the UV then wouldn't he know 
Snape 
> would do everything he could to stop Draco?  Maybe he doesn't know 
> about the UV, or this is the part where Hagrid didn't hear the 
whole 
> argument.  He did mention this section in vague terms 'summat 
abou' 
> Snape makin' investigations in his house, in Slytherin.'
> 
> Jen R., thinking JKR wanted to keep the argument purposely vague 
for 
> Book 7.

Mayb DD didn't mean Slytherin at all. Maybe Dumbledore is talking 
about investigating what is going on at Snape's house. Where 
Wormtail is and where he made the UV with Narcissa. Maybe DD wants 
Snape to keep an eye out on the goings on in his house - meaning his 
HOME! 

About Snape 'not wanting to do it anymore', Snape is wary of risking 
his neck again and again for the Order. He doesn't want to be in 
with LV and the DE's anymore. That he wants out of the job. IMO.

As much as I want to hate Snape and would LOVE to see him destroyed 
as a DE, I think that Snape is going to redeem himself in the last 
book. That he truly still is on the Order's side and doing things at 
DD's instructions and that DD did have Snape kill him to make it 
look like Snape was still serving LV.

We'll just have to wait and see.

Jenni from Alabama (who thinks that JK is taking her own sweet time 
in finishing the last book. And who thinks that there is no way that 
JK can tie up all the loose ends left undone in just one book, but 
we'll see!)