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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: 2013-11-19 01:12 am (UTC)None of the Marauders really fully trusted or obeyed Twinkles--James and Sirius were just using him for cover in their attacking-Death-Eater games. Better the D.A. with Albus' covering for them, then the training, discipline, and rules of being an Auror under Barty.
But--oh, my goodness. This is the other reason why James and Sirius distrusted Remus and decided HE was the traitor in their ranks. Remus DID trust and obey the head of the Order---we saw that in HBP! So obviously, if he obeyed Dumbledore ahead of them, that made him the untrustworthy.one among they four....
"Thou shalt put no other God before me" is the First Commandment. And the Marauders (3 of them) put James in that place, and ther rest of the Order put Albus there.
Yet another reason for Albus to destroy James and Sirius--wouldn't want their attitude to spread, now would you?