The Continuing Tragedy of Severus Snape: Reflections on Books 1-/Oaths

[Ronin_47]

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  From: dumbledore11214 
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: The Continuing Tragedy of Severus Snape: Reflections on Books 1-

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  Alla:

  But I am keeping my fingers crossed that JKR will not make him a 
  Headmaster. To subject next generations of Gryffindors to this 
  bastard, sigh, I hope JKR will not do that. >>
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  --My comment--

  I believe that Minerva McGonagall shall be the Headmistress of Hogwarts. I hope she keeps that position for a very long time.

  With regards to Snape, I'm hoping that we will be enlightened as to why DD was so certain of his loyalty. In my opinion, his true intentions will be revealed in book 7 and we will see that he has been acting in the best interest of the order all along. As DD alluded to so many times in HBP, there are things worse than death and no one person's life is greater than the cause.

  Speaking of this gets me wondering; JKR seems to be somewhat fond of using oaths and unbreakable vows, etc. I wonder if some similar oath wasn't required of members of the Order of the Phoenix? Knowing how Sirius felt about Snape, I could hardly see him allowing Snape into the house if he hadn't made some sort of solumn vow of loyalty.

  Of course, Snape could turn out to be the next Dark Lord and kill Lord Voldemort. We will have to wait a few more months to see.

  Cheers,
  Ronin