hypothetical Snape-DD UV

[pippin_999]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, silmariel <silmariel at t...> wrote:
>
> 
> > Carolyn wrote in
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_old_crowd/message/3771 :
> >
> > << Was that the first unbreakable vow that Snape had made? Could it be
> > that the reason that DD had complete faith in the man was, quite
> > simply, because Snape had sworn an unbreakable vow to support/protect
> > the Order/Harry..? >>
> 

Pippin:
I think even if Snape chose to do such a thing, it would undermine the
ideal embodied by Lily's sacrifice and Dumbledore's faith that Wormtail
will eventually turn on his master: that love, loyalty, gratitude and all the 
other things that make up our sense of obligation to one other are 
stronger than fear. I don't think Dumbledore would want Snape to 
take the vow even if Snape wanted to,  because it would weaken 
Snape to trust fear more than love.

Voldemort absolutely cannot understand this. He does not believe
that any of his servants are loyal to him, indeed he scarcely 
comprehends that loyalty exists. It does not matter to him that
any of his servants have lingering ties to others, in fact he glories
in forcing them to renege -- that is why he accepts Wormtail's
declaration that Harry Potter means nothing to him.


Pippin