Snape's the Rescuer - Really? WAS: Justice to Snape

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 170625

> > Mike previously:
> > Had they all left Snape tied up in the Shack, wandless, I'm 
> > betting these two could have rescued their unconscious alter 
> > selves and Ron and Sirius.
> 
> Pippin:
> 
>  Harry and Hermione don't seem to agree:
> 
> "Hermione!" said Harry suddenly. "We've got to move!"
> "We mustn't, I keep telling you--"
> "Not to interfere! Lupin's going to run into the forest, right at 
> us!" Hermione gasped.
> 
> They're not at all confident of their ability to handle a werewolf,
> either here or earlier when Sirius fought Lupin for them. Harry
> stood frozen, for once unable to move when a friend was in danger.

Mike now:
Let's take them chronoligically. When Lupin transformed, Harry did 
not freeze. Sirius told them to run, but instead Harry "leapt 
forward" then Black caught him and threw him back. Harry was not just 
about to leave Ron.

Next, the scene you quoted from. Completely different condition. 
Lupin!werewolf was running away. There was no need to confront him, 
he wasn't threatening anyone. Plus, Harry and Hermione were in "non 
interfering" mode, as evidenced in your quote above. Finally, these 
two didn't time-turn to capture the werewolf, they have a mission to 
rescue Sirius. Their avoiding the werewolf had nothing to do with 
fear of him. I'm not saying that I know they weren't afraid, just 
that fear of the werewolf did not drive their actions. Then again, 
Harry didn't exhibit any fear when Lupin transformed while shackled 
to Pettigrew~Ron.

And my original post was about time-turned H & H doing what Snape 
did, to wit, gathering up Ron, Harry-1, Hermione-1, and Black to take 
them up to the castle. Even if they couldn't conjure stretchers, they 
could have used Mobilicorpus to take the 4 unconscious people to 
safety. I'm saying Harry-2 and Hermione-2 could easily have done what 
Snape did, just using different magic. IOW, I don't think Snape's 
*saving* the children was the only way they could have been *saved*. 
But, of course, Dumbledore told them not to be seen, so they had to 
let Snape affect *his* rescue.
 
Like I said, Snape got credit for "saving" the kids, but we know the 
whole story. It would have happened without him. But, he did do it, 
so he does get the credit, I must accede to that truth.

Mike