CHAPDISC: HBP30, The White Tomb

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 165789

> > Magpie:
> Also she's got 
> > reason to defend DDM!Snape anyway, having always dismissed 
Harry's 
> > doubts about Snape in the past. 
> 
> a_svirn:
> This sounds even less sensible. Not to say childish. 

zgirnius:
This depends on *why* she always defended Snape. She typically used 
Dumbledore's trust and greater knowledge of the facts to argue her 
position against Ron, the usual bad Snape advocate. If she has looked 
at the same facts the DDM! types around here have looked at and drew 
the same conclusions, this is a sensible reason to take a second 
look. She does know of three occasions when Snape went out of his way 
to try and save Harry. She may also know of his involvement with 
healing Dumbledore. These are all actions inconsistent with the idea 
he is and has always been a loyal Death Eater.

> a_svirn:
> Ah, but then they were only suspicions. And Dumbledore was alive. 
Now 
> she has to face facts. And the facts, as she knows them, are as 
> follows: Snape was instrumental to the Potters' murder; 

zgirnius:
Even in Harry's version, the one she heard, this is supposed to be 
something he regretted. 

a_svirn:
> Dumbledore 
> trusted him because he was impressed by his remorse (granted, 
that's 
> only Harry's interpretation, but that's the only one she has); 

zgirnius:
Did Harry share his Pensieve memories of GoF with her and Ron? My 
book is not in Florida with me. If he did, she knows something made 
Dumbledore trust Snape before the Potters died.

a_svirn:
> Snape 
> made a vow to kill Dumbledore and eventually he did kill him. She 
> knows nothing about the circumstances under which he took the vow 

zgirnius:
But she does know that Snape needed to be summoned by Flitwick, which 
is certainly a bit odd. Not in a "gee, he's good!" kind of way, but 
in a 'there is more than I know going on behind the scenes here' way 
that might invite further thought.

Minor point, she does not know what Snape Vowed. Just that a UV with 
Cissy was made. The contents of the Vow were not overheard by Harry 
as Snape did not mention them.

I don't think she would be thinking in terms of DDM!, but she might 
be seeing the possibility of Weak!Snape, anyway. There is enough 
there in my view to suggest he's not Voldemort's man.