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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2011-02-19 03:53 pm

[ SECRET POST #1509 ]


⌈ Secret Post #1509 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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(Anonymous) 2011-02-19 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
But it's pretty safe to say Snape would've fed Harry to Voldemort if it wasn't for Dumbledore as well. Snape was fine with Voldemort killing James and Harry as long as Lily lived. Then he started working with Dumbledore, who made him protect Harry.

[identity profile] kelincihutan.livejournal.com 2011-02-19 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I never got that from the books. He saved Harry (after Lily's death, anyway) because Harry was all that was left of Lily. Not because he cared about him, but because he didn't want Lily's only child to die. ...And he hated himself for it because he didn't like Harry, and hated Harry for looking so much like James, and a zillion other self-destructive and selfish things, but the essential motivation to keep Harry alive was there without Dumbledore's prompting--after Lily's death. It even persisted after Dumbledore's death. In book seven, everything Snape did, he did to keep Harry alive long enough to give him a chance to kill Voldemort.

So...yeah, I'm gonna stick to my guns. Snape wasn't protecting Harry just for Dumbledore. He never did so because it was the right thing, but he wasn't doing it because he was afraid of Dumbledore. The only reason Petunia didn't throw Harry out of the house, knowing he would die if she did, was because she thought Dumbledore would hurt her for it.

(Anonymous) 2011-02-19 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
If I remember correctly, Snape went to Dumbledore asking him to protect Lily, and Dumbledore had him promise to do whatever he wanted in return. When Lily died, Dumbledore encouraged him to protect Harry and make sure she didn't die in vain. Yes, he continued to do this after Dumbledore's death, but so did Lily (until Harry left the house by his own choice anyway). They both protected him because of Dumbledore and because of Lily.

[identity profile] sashwizzled.livejournal.com 2011-02-19 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
He would have let Harry and James both fry as long as Lily survived. He said as much to Dumbledore (he told Voldemort to spare Lily - kill the other two, but spare her) - Dumbledore pretty much manipulates him into defending Harry by guilting him about Lily. And let's face it, Snape was a prick to Harry and certainly wasn't defending him out of kindness to Harry himself - it was essentially, 'this is my apology to your mother'.

[identity profile] immortality.livejournal.com 2011-02-19 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
This.