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

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 175831

 
> Mim:
> 
> Like Dumbledore is some paragon if virtue himself and he should have 
> any business making moral judgments on others... 
> 
> And for the last time, yes, Snape didn't give a damn about James and 
> Harry. I know that, I'm ok with that as a Snapefan. I don't know who 
> said that he turned because he couldn't bear the thought of a baby 
> dying. That's ridiculous. If he couldn't bear the thought of a baby 
> dying he wouldn't have given the Prophecy to Voldemort in the first 
> place.
> 
>
colebiancardi here:

uhhhh....I had written prior to DH's release and I don't believe that
many people chimed in on it, that perhaps the reason why Snape turned
was that he didn't *know* that the prophecy was intended for a
harmless, unprotected baby.  The way the prophecy (the first part,
that is, the part that Snape heard) was stated, it could have meant a
fully grown wizard who was coming into their powers to defeat
Voldemort.  My theory at that time, and I don't believe it is
*ridiculous* based on what we didn't know prior to DH's, was that
Snape had a moral code about murdering defenseless people, in this
case a babe.  Battle amongst wizards who could hold their own is one
thing;  but to kill a baby was another.

Sure, I was wrong in that theory.  But a) I didn't see a lot of
members jumping on this theory of mine (it could have been presented
before, but I don't remember it) and b) we were all struggling to see
what Snape's reason was for defecting and DD's *ironclad* reason for
trusting Snape would be.  After DH's came out, I still believe that
the LILY!Snape reason is trite and crud and ridiculous, but hey, that
is just my opinion. 

colebiancardi