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deathtocapslockAll of us who have blamed Albus for reneging on his promise to Severus to protect Lily in exchange for Severus’s “Anything” must own ourselves to have grossly wronged the man.
He never made any such promise.
Severus begged him, “Hide them all, then….Keep her—them—safe. Please.”
“And what will you give me in return, Severus?”
He never technically agreed to do it, see? Just acknowledged the entreaty and asked for Snape’s best offer.
No, “I will. But what will you give me in return?”
Not even, “If I do, what will you give me in return?”
So he didn’t fail to keep his word.
Any more than he later actually said that he would be protecting The-Boy-Who-Must-Die-At-The-Right-Moment.
“Make sure it [Lily’s death] was not in vain. Help me protect Lily’s son.”
See? Twinkles didn’t actually commit to anything himself. If Snape chose to believe Albus was planning to protect rather than abuse and sacrifice the child, that was Snape’s interpretation.
So all of us who ever criticized Twinkles on the grounds that he’d failed to keep his promises to Severus to protect Lily, and later Harry, can just take it back.
He never made any such promise.
Severus begged him, “Hide them all, then….Keep her—them—safe. Please.”
“And what will you give me in return, Severus?”
He never technically agreed to do it, see? Just acknowledged the entreaty and asked for Snape’s best offer.
No, “I will. But what will you give me in return?”
Not even, “If I do, what will you give me in return?”
So he didn’t fail to keep his word.
Any more than he later actually said that he would be protecting The-Boy-Who-Must-Die-At-The-Right-Moment.
“Make sure it [Lily’s death] was not in vain. Help me protect Lily’s son.”
See? Twinkles didn’t actually commit to anything himself. If Snape chose to believe Albus was planning to protect rather than abuse and sacrifice the child, that was Snape’s interpretation.
So all of us who ever criticized Twinkles on the grounds that he’d failed to keep his promises to Severus to protect Lily, and later Harry, can just take it back.
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Date: 2013-11-16 08:34 pm (UTC)And Albus did keep THAT promise, now didn't he?? He kept it PERFECTLY. He did everything he could not to reveal the best, or even the good, of Snape.
Albus is willing to promise something he can use to his own benefit. Never reveal the best or the good of Snape - he can use that to make himself look good in the process.
Albus warned Harry about Slughorn. Slughorn offers the Slytherin deal of a quid pro quo. I help you - you help me. With Albus it is you help me and I might help you, if it is convenient for me, or helping you will benefit me.
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Date: 2013-11-19 01:03 am (UTC)No wonder he and the Marauders were on uneasy terms--the Order was the only game in town if James and Sirius wanted to play war with the Death Eaters without becoming Aurors and submitting to Ministry training and rules, but really obeying or trusting Albus like the other Order members mostly did---nah. He was a killjoy, and he didn't put them first.