[HPforGrownups] Re: Could Harry have saved Snape? (was Reacting to DH...)

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 178080

Pippin:
What about Sirius? Wouldn't the betrayal of the Potters and the murder of
thirteen people have crossed out everything that Dumbledore knew about him
saving lives? And yet, IIRC, some listees have been adamant that Dumbledore
failed Sirius rather badly.

Pippin





Sherry:

They are not the same things at all, in my opinion.  Harry *saw* Snape kill
Dumbledore.  Dumbledore *assumed* that Sirius betrayed the Potters.  He
didn't even know for sure that Sirius was the secret keeper.  He just
*assumed* again.  

But overall, I think this doesn't matter, because now I'm *assuming* that
JKR was too busy with the scene itself and didn't think to have Harry think
one way or the other about saving Snape.  I don't think she meant us to
think, wow, Harry didn't even try to save Snape.  I think she had other
things to show in the scene.  

And of course, I know what happens when you "assume".  <grin>  Like
Dumbledore, I've made some huge mistakes by doing that!

Sherry