Snape's the Rescuer - Really?/Justice to Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 170759

Alla:

> Snape is taking care of business or people as he 
> sees fit, LOL. In particulartly he is taking care 
> of Sirius to deliver him to dementors, no?

houyhnhnm:

No, not as he sees fit.  I think that's the point 
people are trying to make.  He's following some kind 
of *procedure*.  He's being *professional* (a better 
word than "caring", IMO).  As Lizzyben pointed out, 
this is the only time we have a chance to see Snape 
alone with himself, with no one to act for.  And he 
goes by the book.

As for binding and gagging Sirius, it serves no 
practical purpose and there may be an element of  
personal hatred at play, but try to look at it from 
Snape's point of view.  One minute he's being disarmed 
while holding a werewolf about to transform and  an 
escaped murderer at wand point, the next thing he knows, 
he's coming to on the grounds, alone except for an 
unconscious Ron Weasley.  He has no idea what has 
happened.  Binding and gagging Sirius is like not 
only closing the barn door after the horse has escaped, 
but padlocking it and nailing boards across.  He wants 
to make certain that nothing else goes wrong.