[HPforGrownups] Re: Victory for TEWWW EWWW

[Lenore]

No: HPFGUIDX 173320


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> > The only reason I can think of is because, like DD and Harry
>himself, defeating Voldemort has become Snape's prime objective.
> ><<<Snip>>>

Lenore:
Thank you.  I agree!

Adam:
>I think
>that if defeating VM was the primary objective, Snape would not have
>acted the way he did toward McGonagall(sp?) in the hall.  He knew
>Harry was there (that's what I took, anyway) and I assume he knew
>what Harry's presence meant.  He had to know the gig was up...he
>could have told Harry then, but he didn't.  That would have been his
>hero turn.

Lenore:
Snape was in a very tough, touchy situation.  He needed to get his
memories to Harry, but the timing had to be absolutely impeccable too.
First, Snape also had to get up there fast to intervene with the DE siblings
who might have taken Harry.  Second, I think Snape was always looking
for a chance to get the message to Harry, to give him the memory vial
and instruct him when to look at it.

When we look at the instructions DD gave Snape for how to manage
all this, well, wow, Snape is on a very tight schedule with a huge, crucial
responsibility.  So Snape jumped at this opportunity but McGonagall got
in the way.  Very sad, because they were both trying to help Harry.
Maybe Snape should have used Polyjuice so he could give Harry
the vial. Tell him its from Dumbledore or something.

Adam:
>However, he was still playing the role of VM servant, a
>role he played to protect Harry, a protection he only gave to help
>save Lily.  Yes, it was brave of him to get those memories to Harry,
>but it was also incredibly lucky Harry was even there to get them
>(and, for that matter, that Hermione was there to conjucture a cup).

Lenore:
That seems like poor writing to me, but I suppose it heightened the
dramatic effect to have Harry get them as Snape dies.  But Snape
was so smart I can't imagine that he would have EVER left something
so critically important to a mere chance that Harry would show up
in time to collect them!  In my mind's scenario, Snape could have
left them in the office and sent an urgent message to Harry through
one of his friends; or, Snape could have given a vial directly someone
reliable enough to make sure Harry got it.  Or some other way.
But he would have gotten the job done.

Adam:
>Had he not done that, then his protection of Harry, and thereby his
>penance for Lily's death, would have been for nothing.

Lenore:
Utterly failing to carry out this mission would have been totally out
character for Snape, imo.  But it was also out of character for him
to be in a position where he was dependent upon the miraculous
arrival of Harry at the precise moment when he was needed.
Snape would not have left it to such a slender hope, imo.

(snip)
>Adam, who, despite all of this, still admires Snape way more than I
>admire James or Sirius

Lenore:
Me too, no contest.