Why DD did not ask Snape to kill him. (extremely long)

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> >Dana
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> > Personally, I believe DD's biggest mistake about trusting Snape  
is sending 
> Snape back to LV in GoF. I believe Snape indeed turned in his 
loyalty  and 
> the reason for this is not because he is LV's man, but because he 
lost faith  in 
> DD. And I believe Snape's hate for James, Sirius and, eventually, 
Harry, is  
> the cause of this. > <big snip of coherent and excellent analysis 
of Snape's character from  one 
> POV)
> 
> Nikkalmati
>  
> I see where your coming from, except that this is not the character 
I see  
> after 6 books.  This character is immature, childish, insecure and  
petty.  This 
> Snape was the one we saw in Book 1 and was still possible  after 
Book 3, but 
> as the layers of the onion have been peeled away we have seen  an 
increasingly 
> strong and powerful wizard who IMHO does not fit you  description; 
coherent 
> as it may be,it is not the man Jo is writing.  I  certainly do not 
claim that 
> you are incorrect, only that I do not see it.
>  
> DD was a reasonable judge of character, after all, he saw through 
LV from  
> the start.  He knew the whole history of Snape from the time he was 
a  child; 
> how could he have missed this and how could he have trusted 
Snape  "completely", 
> if he knew this was the kind of man he was?  
> From another angle, Jo clearly does not want us to know where 
Snape's  
> loyalties lie.  Isn't it likely that the most obvious 
interpretation is the  one 
> that will turn out to be wrong?
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Alla:

You do not see **petty, childish and immature** Snape after 6 books?

To me he is right there on the Tower, screaming **you and your filfy 
father**, proudly pronouncing himself the **Half Blood Prince**, 
something he called himself in  the childhood, no?

For me Snape pettiness, childishness and immaturity did not go 
anywhere.

I mean, of course he is a powerful wizard, who can argue with that?

I just do not think that it precludes him from being stuck in his 
emotional development, being powerful that is. 

And of course Dumbledore being a good judge of character is amusing 
to me as well and disagreeable too. :)