Snape's Request gave Harry a second chance? (Was: Snape/Dumbledore thingummy)

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No: HPFGUIDX 175804

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Zara" <zgirnius at ...> wrote:
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> zgirnius:
> I see no evidence that what Snape wanted was "for Voldemort to 
kill 
> Harry and James and spare Lily". Spare Lily, sure. But the rest? 
He had 
> to suspect that Dumbledore would not merely protect Lily as he 
asked. 
> He did not ask for Dumbledore to protect the others, in my 
opinion, 
> because he did not care. Which is rather different from wanting 
their 
> deaths.
> 
> If he wanted anyone dead, he should have stuck with Voldemort.

Mim:

I phrased it wrong. Snape didn't want all the Potters dead. Maybe 
James but that's not important. He didn't want Lily dead. Telling 
Voldemort to spare all the Potters wouldn't have accomplished much. 
And when Snape went to Dumbledore he was indirectly trying to save 
all the Potters. The moment he told Dumbledore it wasn't like 
Dumbledore would have saved only Lily. Dumbledore trying to get him 
to say that he wanted James and Harry saved too was just another of 
the old man's sadistic touches. And then he manipulated Snape to get 
him to promise to do anything. Snape didn't have to do anything and 
whether Snape did anything for Dumbledore or not, Dumbledore would 
have to help the Potters. He's supposed to be a good guy. 
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