Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 19: The Servant of Lord Voldemort

[nikkalmati]

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> Alla:
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> This was my question and it is actually quite amusing to me because this was the last time ever when I felt some sort of genuine sympathy for Snape. I mean, I do not remember whether I felt it for the first time when i was reading PoA, but before HBP and DH revelations came out.
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> Precisely because of that speculation that Snape may have tried to warn James, I was thinking, ok, he is going crazy, but he may have tried to do a noble thing, no matter how much he resented being saved by James he was actually trying to save him, to warn him, so while I may have been mad at him for trying to feed Sirius to dementors (which yes I have no doubt that he would have done), I still felt some sympathy for him.
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> But after him giving Prophecy to Voldemort and wanting Lily only to live at first came to light, every time I read this paragraph, I am actually quite furious (and glad that he is dead of course). You know, thinking along the lines, how dare you lecture the boy if because of you his parents had to go into hiding in the first place and if because of you (and Voldemort of course before you guys point that out lol) he has no parents at the first place. As if you cared one bit if his father and Harry. would have lived or died, if you would have wanted his widow for yourself.
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Nikkalmati

It is canon that Snape did try to warn James, not personally (I'm sure that would have gone well), but through DD.  Snape must have been the source of the information that sent James and Lily into hiding.  

I am sure Snape would not have given Sirius to the Dementors because it is canon that he did not.  He could have called the Dementors back or just left Sirius down by the lake alone, if that were what he intended to happen

I also think it is canon that Snape did not intend for James and Harry to be killed.   He went to DD in a state of panic because for some reason he concluded LV would not comply with his request to spare Lily.   DD accuses Snape of wanting only Lily to live and tells Snape that is disgusting.  Then Snape replies "save them all."  DD looks into Snape's eyes and is satisfied.  What did he see except that Snape meant it?  He had not asked for James and Harry because he was not even thinking about them.  He was preoccupied with Lily, but it was not part of his plan that the others would die.  Having been a student under DD, was it even feasible for Snape to think that DD would save Lily and only Lily?   

Nikkalmati