Reason Dumbledore trusted Snape

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 171691

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at ...> 
wrote:

Me, I wonder if  the trigger for Snape's defection wasn't Voldemort's 
choice of the half-blood Harry instead of the pureblood Neville. As 
Dumbledore points out, if Voldemort really believed in pureblood 
supremacy, he wouldn't have done that. Somehow, I don't think Snape 
has a high tolerance for hypocrisy (in other people, that is, he 
shows plenty of it himself.)

I've got a great fondness for the I'm A Prince = Irma Pince anagram. 
If Snape accepted Dumbledore's protection for his mother, then he 
would, IMO, never betray Dumbledore.
 
va32h:

Oh I don't think Voldemort ever really believed in pureblood 
supremacy - that's just a convenient platform for his terror 
campaign. 

I have a hard time imagining Snape defecting over the pureblood issue 
since 1) Snape is a half-blood himself, and seemingly proud of it 
(although he does keep it quiet)  and 2) Snape is too savvy not to 
realize that Voldemort is just using the pureblood manifesto for his 
own gain. 


I've read the Irma Pince theory, and I'm not convinced based on their 
arguments (too much reliance on wildly extrapolating from very scant 
information for me). I do think that Snape's relationship with his 
family is relevant to the issue of Snape's loyalties, but I don't 
think Irma Pince is Eileen Snape. Eileen may still be alive though - 
we have no reason to think she isn't. 

va32h