Dumbledore was not going to hand Sirius over to the Dementors just to make Snape feel better. By losing his temper and forcing the issue in front of Fudge, Snape made his own humiliation inevitable. It makes my stomach hurt every time I reread those scenes.
Indeed! Self esteem or saving a man's soul? The choice is clear to me(and I like Severus!). But there are ways, and tehre are ways, as my mom from Brooklyn would say. And there are long ranging consequences. Do you really think that Snape would have forgiven Dumbledore for lying to his face? Do you really think that after seeing how Dumbledore treated a member of his own and staff, and then finding out a Werewolf was on the grounds do you really think that Fudge would believe much of anything Dumbledore has to say about teh dark forces. If I were Fudge, I wouldn't- or treated everything this person said with a shake of salt.
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Date: 2004-05-28 12:05 pm (UTC)Indeed! Self esteem or saving a man's soul? The choice is clear to me(and I like Severus!). But there are ways, and tehre are ways, as my mom from Brooklyn would say.
And there are long ranging consequences. Do you really think that Snape would have forgiven Dumbledore for lying to his face? Do you really think that after seeing how Dumbledore treated a member of his own and staff, and then finding out a Werewolf was on the grounds do you really think that Fudge would believe much of anything Dumbledore has to say about teh dark forces. If I were Fudge, I wouldn't- or treated everything this person said with a shake of salt.