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

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 170764

> lizzyben:
> Does he bind & gag Sirius? Personally, I don't think he did. Sure, 
> he tells Fudge he did, because he knows that he should have. But 
> when Harry & Hermione observe him, all they see is Snape lifting 
> their bodies onto stretchers, and taking them to the castle. 
<SNIP>


Alla:

I do not know what to say. Literally. I guess when Snape shows 
himself in worse light, it is not to be believed? When he says he 
gagged unconscious Sirius, it really did not happen?

Lizzyben:
There's 
> no mention at all of Snape binding Sirius.

Alla:

Except from his own mouth.


Lizzyben04:
<SNIP>
 He didn't see Sirius, 
> a man he loathes, but an unconscious, injured person who needed 
> help. In situations like this, it seems like Snape's healing 
> instinct/training snaps into place. The pettiness & hostility take 
> over later. :) 
<SNIP>


Alla:

What help? How was Snape helping Sirius? I snipped part about Ron, 
because I see no significance in Snape putting Ron on stretchers 
first. IMO.


Lizzyben04:
<SNIP>
> Yes, Snape is a snarky sarcastic bastard, but he also seems devoted 
> to protecting & healing people in need. In this, Snape reminds me a 
> bit of "House, MD," or Dr. Cox from Scrubs. Dr. Cox can unleash a 
> stream of insults that would make Snape proud, but he also 
genuinely 
> cares about the welfare of his interns & patients. <SNIP>

Alla:

I love House, but I see House as so much more human than Snape ever 
be. IMO of course :)


> houyhnhnm:
<SNIP>
> 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.  <SNIP>  He wants 
> to make certain that nothing else goes wrong.
>

Alla:

Yes, I **am** looking at it from Snape POV and really, binding Sirius 
I understand, if Snape genuinely believes that he delivers a 
murderer. I do.

Gagging though is a different story. What **can** go wrong if Sirius 
will be talking, binded? 

No, looks to me that Snape really does not **want** Sirius to talk.


> Lanval:
<SNIP>
> I still can't blame Sirius too much for bumping Snape's head after 
> knowing what Snape had in mind for him, and it's not as if Snape 
> suffered any major damage.
> 
> Sirius was delivering Snape to the safety of his cosy little 
dungeon 
> home, letting his head bump against a dirt ceiling a few times. 
> 
> Snape was delivering a potentially innocent Sirius to the 
> executioner, bound and gagged. On a nice comfortable stretcher, to 
> be sure. Then he gloated about it, and then he threw a fit when it 
> didn't happen.

Alla:

Well said indeed :)