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

[colebiancardi]

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

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Kathryn Jones <kjones at ...> wrote:
>

>
> 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?
>
>

colebiancardi: big difference between those examples and knocking
Snape out to sleep in HBP. I don't think Snape looked like an utter
idiot in POA, just angry and mad. How do we know that DD didn't tell
the teachers - I believe Lupin knew, and MadEye only took it for one
year. I am sure Umbridge didn't know. Why would DD tell anyone
outside the OotP about the curse? Sure, DD can be sneaky, but it
isn't, IMHO, his MO. Snape is his right hand man and I doubt he would
betray Snape in that manner. Because that would be betrayal.

It wasn't early - the students, outside of those fighting, were
wearing PJ's. Snape has been known to sleep - re: GoF.  Also, someone
mentioned upthread that Snape was fully dressed  - I glanced over the
passages again and there is nothing I can find that talks about
Snape's clothing.  For all we know, he could have thrown a robe over
his jammies as well.


colebiancardi