Snape and Harry and expulsion WAS: Re: CHAPTER DISCUSSION Chamber of Secrets

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 188833

Alla:
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> Never is once as far as I am concerned (fight in the bathroom) and IMO if Draco did not have to be expelled Snape would have done exactly that.

Carol responds:
Why would Draco have been expelled? Harry says nothing to Snape about Draco's unsuccessful attempt to cast an Unforgiveable Curse, and if Snape knows about it through Legilimency, he doesn't say anything to anybody about it, and besides, you can't be expelled for a spell you tried and failed to cast. *Harry* cast a Dark curse and nearly killed Draco, and if Snape hadn't saved Draco's life, Draco would have died. In that case, not even Dumbledore could have kept him from being expelled. His only protection from Voldemort would have been Azkaban. But Snape says nothing about Draco (except as victim) and assigns multiple detentions (a punishment within his authority as a teacher), saying nothing about expulsion, as he would have done if he wanted Harry expelled. There's that little matter of his promise to protect Harry, which would be broken if Harry were expelled after Voldemort's return--and especially in OoP through HBP.

Carol, wishing that she could remember the last time Snape mentioned expulsion and still believing that he was never serious about it