Snape as Ultimate Hero

[bergermeister99]

No: HPFGUIDX 168226

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "SKosmoskijr" <skosmoskijr at ...>
wrote:

> Snape was a double agent working for Dumbledore long before any of
> this. As a master occlumens (even better than LV if we believe that
> Snape is good) he could even have heard the entire prophecy and kept
> that from LV if he wanted to. His alerting DD to what was being
> planned for the Potters was his way of repaying the life debt to
> James, but it failed when Pettigrew became the secret keeper. At this
> point Snape was powerless to save either James or Lily without showing
> his hand and he has lived with that debt and guilt for 18 years. I
> think when the books are resolved we will find that Snape was working
> hand-in-hand with DD as his right hand in the battle against LV and
> when Snape is sacrificed (gives himself up to save Harry) they will
> all be ashamed of what they thought of him when the truth of his
> role/involvement comes out.



bergermeister99:

That is not a bad theory.  I will just say this(and people have
probably already thought of this). To have DD completely trust Snape,
there is only one possible thing that Snape could have done.  Snape
invoked and took the unbreakable vow with Dumbledore to protect Harry
Potter by what ever means(even if that meant having to kill
Dumbledore)  This is evident in book one when Snape tries to save
Harry from falling off his broom during quidditch.  It also makes
sense in that Snape couldn't have hurt Harry in the end of Book 6.
People will say that Snape said that LV wanted Harry for himself, but
we know that is not the real reason.  If LV wanted him for himself
then he would have not tried to get professor Quirrel to kill Harry in
book 1.  So, unless JKR says different, it doesn't say anywhere that a
person can't bind themselves to 2 non conflicting unbreakable vows.