[HPforGrownups] Was Snape asleep? (was Re: What Came First: Task or Cabinet?...

[Kathryn Jones]

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colebiancardi wrote:

> colebiancardi here:  I would think that putting a spell on Snape would
> defeat the whole purpose of Dumbledore's statement of "I trust Severus
> Snape completely".    Snape in the past, has argued with DD, but
> always, from what we have been told, been loyal and done what DD has
> wanted.   For DD to do a sneaky thing like that to a GROWN man, not a
> child, a man who is risking his life being a double agent, is not
> trust.  I also think much more highly of Snape & Dumbledore's
> relationship and their ability to CHOOSE - Dumbledore, as far as we
> have seen in the books, has never forced anyone thru magic to do his
> bidding.
> 
> colebiancardi.


   KJ writes:

     Wait a minute.  Are we talking about the Dumbledore who hexed 
Dawlish twice?  Is this the man who sneaks a time turner into Harry's 
and Hermione's room so that they can save Sirius and make Snape look 
like an utter idiot? Is this the same man that hired fourteen years 
worth of DADA teachers knowing that they were going to come to an 
uncertain end? Is this the same man who failed to warn those same DADA 
teachers?  Dumbledore doesn't use Imperious, but I think he is the 
sneakiest bugger in the book! He could absolutely trust that Snape would 
do his bidding when forced into the situation, but he might not be able 
to trust that Snape would not take matters into his own hands at the 
wrong time. A little nighty-night until the right time would not be 
beyond Dumbledore. Why would he think that Snape would be asleep so early?

KJ