Snape's Rage at Being Called Coward : No, just a coward

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 171917

> Carol wrote:
> I know that the simple answer is that Snape should have died defending
> Dumbledore and the boys, but what good would it have done? DD would
> have died anyway, Draco whom he had sworn to protect would have been
> killed, and Harry, the only person who can vanquish Voldemort, would
> have been killed or captured. (He couldn't outduel Snape, much less
> four DEs at once, one of them a known child killer who would have
> loved to eat him.)
> 
> vmonte responds:
> I'm glad Lily didn't decide to just step aside and let Voldemort kill 
> Harry. I mean, why would she step in front of Harry unless she thought 
> he could die?  And surely she knew that stepping in front of him would 
> sentence her to death as well. But she did it anyway.
>
colebiancardi:

at that time, however, Harry wasn't marked by LV.  So, to Lily, he was
just her little boy, not the savior of the WW.  Dumbledore has always
told Harry that he, Harry, will defeat LV.  Dumbledore states that his
own life is not that important and he is not afraid of death.

DD lived a long life - not saying that makes it *right* or as an
*excuse*, but one can see a person trying to protect someone who is
younger than they are(in the case of Lily & Harry and Snape & Draco -
not to mention all of the Hogwarts students and Harry himself).  

We don't know what DD and Snape discussed in the woods or at any time.
 But the fact that DD gave Snape the DADA job after DD *knew* it was
cursed for the instructor, tells me that DD already *knew* his days
were numbered.  The Horocrux Ring and the blacked hand are great clues
to that, as well as DD always seeming tired.  Whether DD & Snape
discussed this right after the Ring incident and before the UV was
taken, or after the UV, I don't know if we will ever find out - I hope
we do.

Is Snape brave?  I've always thought so, as I believe him to be
DDM!Snape.   Snape has never married (as far as we know) and does not
seem to have a current love.  He wraps himself in a persona that is
nasty and sarcastic - I do think this is *part* of his persona, but
many nasty &  sarcastic people do manage a way to find love with
others.  I think the reason why this is that Snape's role as  spy
prevents him from having a *life*  - He really doesn't have one.   We
see him living in the past, with his hatred and biases.  

I think he does that because to open himself up, to be *nice* like
Lupin, to allow people to get close to him, only endangers those
people.  LV would take them out in an instant if he ever found out
about Snape's betrayal to him.

I DO hope in DH we get a scene where LV *gets* it - he is in the same
room as Snape and the revelation that Snape is Dumbledore's Man,
through and through, is made clear to him.  That will be a rockin'
scene, IMHO.  Even more rockin' is that if Harry is in that room as
well, and Harry finally understands Snape is loyal to Dumbledore and
is on the same side as Harry.

colebiancardi
(of course, this all hinges on DDM!Snape)