Snape and Dumbledore on the Tower: A Defense of Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 165281

> Hickengruendler:
> 
> I always thought the "hatred on revulsion" as a hint towards 
> Dumbledore's man Snape. And the reason is exactly Carol's argument 
> here. Why should Snape *hate* Dumbledore? I see no reason. 
> 
> Let's say Snape is indeed evil and fooled Dumbledore either all the 
> time since his supposed return to the good side, or he switched sides 
> again at some point and fooled Dumbledore since then. Then why should 
> he hate him? Having disrepect at him, yes. Secretly grinning about 
that 
> old trusting fool, maybe use the opportunity shortly before his death 
> to gloat a bit. (We all know that Snape is far from being above such 
> behaviour). But why should he hate him? That he killed Dumbledore is 
no 
> prove of any hatred. <SNIP>

Alla:

That's easy though. Pure speculation obviously, but DD may have forced 
Snape to do something he did not want to do.

Take your pick. Dumbledore may have some leverage over Snape when he 
forced him to keep his mouth shut after the Prank. Now we all know that 
Prank is a huge deal in the series, we also know that Snape revealed 
Lupin's condition the second he had a good chance to do so and not 
encounter DD wrath.

OR Dumbledore may have forced Snape to go back to spying when he did 
not want to.
Now that is of course more OFH! Snape or out for whatever reason Snape, 
than purely evil one, but still, would not Snape hate Dumbledore if he 
would want to leave Hogwarts and do whatever, when Dumbledore forces 
him to constantly risk his life?

And now Snape has to go back to Voldemort  permanently, because old 
fool just won't die.

Again, those are obviously speculations, nothing more, but it is no 
problem for me at all to imagine that Snape hates DD.

JMO,

Alla