Doing it for LIly was Re: Snape and Harry and expulsion LONG

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 188857


> Alla:
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> Well, I do not think I can agree with that. I mean, sure he does it for Lily as well as he says, what I disagree with is that he is not doing it for Dumbledore. I think agreeing to convince Harry that he needs to die pretty much shows that he is really doing for Dumbledore.

Pippin:
Snape wasn't asked to do the convincing. He was only told to give Harry the information that Dumbledore had given him. Dumbledore left it  up to Harry to decide how and when to act on it, because only Harry would know when matters were arranged "so that when he does set out to meet his death, it will truly mean the end of Lord Voldemort."

I think to show that Snape wasn't doing it primarily for Lily, you'd have to show that Harry would be better off not knowing no matter what. Not knowing about the soul bit means he has *no* option for getting rid of it, no matter how strong it becomes. 

Pippin