[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape and Dumbledore on the Tower: A Defense of Snape

[Ronin_47]

No: HPFGUIDX 165271

--montims wrote--
>>>He had no choice IMO - he couldn't have "turned his wand onto the Death
Eaters" AND remained in LV's camp, which is where he presumably has to be if
he is to be of any help to Harry and/or the Order... Which makes him good.
And if he is good, how many DEs could he have attacked before being killed
himself? However, if he is bad, he would have no reason to turn his wand
onto the Death Eaters instead of DD...

As it stands, LV and the DEs should have no doubts at all that he is LV's
through and through. (Whether he is or not...)
<<<
 
 
 
I agree completely. Not to mention, if he had tried to fight off the Death
Eaters, he was outnumbered and had to also consider the safety of Draco (and
possibly Harry, if he knew Harry was there). Had he failed, Draco would have
most certainly been killed by either the Death Eaters or by Lord Voldemort
himself for failing his assignment. He would also have exposed himself as a
spy, so if he had lived it would've rendered him virtually useless to the
order. We really don't know exactly what plans the order has to carry out
and this may seem as a mere act of self preservation on some levels, but
Snape's survival may be critical to the overall plan. 
Dumbledore himself eluded to his own limitations and the fact that he was
growing old, tried and susceptible to huge mistakes. Trusting Snape may have
been one of those mistakes, but I don't believe it was. I think it was part
of his plan. We still don't know what it was that caused Dumbledore to trust
Snape so definitely.
 
Cheers,
Ronin


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