[HPforGrownups] Re: What Harry "knows", Was Why we'll get no further revelations Snape was Evil

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 169867

Dana wrote:
> Maybe it is just me but the reason for DD's trust in Snape will not 
> explain Snape's loyalty one bit. Someone else's trust is not a 
> security on how a person fullfills that trust. LV trusts Snape too 
> and he must have his reasons. 

	We don't know how much, if at all, Voldy trusts Snape. We DO know that 
Dumbledore did not just say, "Snape is on our side." He did not just 
say, "I'm certain that I can trust Snape." He said, more than once, "I 
trust Severus Snape COMPLETELY." (emphasis mine).

	How often in the books has he shown that level of certainty about 
ANYTHING? This is not just a belief. He had to have insurance. At least 
once, in HBP, he appeared to be on the verge of telling Harry, but did 
not. This is at least an indication that whatever this insurance was, it 
was important that it be kept a secret, even from Harry.

	There are only two ways that I can see ESE!Snape:

	1) JKR is as good a plotter as she is a mathematician.
	2) JKR will show the insurance, show that we SHOULD of known about the 
insurance, and show how Snape manages to do the seemingly impossible 
task of negating the insurance.

	In other words, if it turns out that ESE!Snape is true, JKR is either a 
much better writer than I thought, or a much worse one.

	Bart

"There are three kinds of people in the world. Those who can count, and 
those who can't." - J. K. Rowling.

	Bart