this explainss so much thanks who knows this could have even been cannon :) not really but it works

oh man, i normally love your stories. My personal favorite is If Snape Died, but this is just plain sick and disturbing. Dont get me wrong, it's an interesting way to look at things, but some part of my mind kinda feels that Snapes actions in this were just cruelty to a new extreme. I hate the greasy git, but even by his standards this was disturbing.
Its kinda making me rethink the canon.
Still despite the fact that the idea creeps me out, it is a very good fic.

Very good story here. Totaly in character for Snape, at least in my opinion, except for one thing. The memories he gave Harry. Given that Snape was a potions master, I'd expect him to slip some form of poison in with those as a bit of insurence that Harry would die painfully. But I generaly disregard anything in cannon book 7, or that overlaps with it, so this works perfectly to explane Snape in the parts of the series that still exist in my mind.

Not a bad idea but from there it sort of snowballs into a brief overview of Dumbledoor's bad decisions. I do believe since the whole story idea hangs on the start of this fic the way Snape drugged Dumbledoor should been a little more 'cunning' or sneaky. I mean leaning over his desk and dumping a vial of potion strong enough to cause DUMBLEDOOR to trust snape is a bit far fetched. Especialy when he had no trust of the man to begin with, avoiding Dumbledoor and all the paintings, his phoneix etc from seeing what he is doing in the office is a bit far fetched.

Not to mention the idea of such strong potions even existing in the HP world, frankly I always felt the polyjuice potion was to powerful. If snape really could brew such a powerful trust potion so easily why didn't voldemort just use something like that to take over the ministry? Why didn't lucious use it on the minster instead of all those bribes?

It's always a funny idea to try think if why Dumbledoor can make so many bad decisions but this one is pretty flat and unrealistic imo. It's a lot easier to just believe Dumbledoor trust snape on his own choice, and once he decided that he won't go back on his decision because 'he is never wrong'. Plus it doesn't hurt Dumbledoor seemed to always care more for the death eaters the his own side, sending his men and women out on deadly missions but unwilling to even push for deadly spells to be used against death eaters to get them put into a holding cell of their own instead of letting the ministry keep pardoning them.

Interesting idea and well executed.

Certainly more coherent than canon, too. Although that's not saying much.

dang. That was good and i totally didn't see it coming. way to go.

" “May I have a lemon drop?” Snape asked, changing the topic. “Certainly, Severus. I think I’ll have one, too.” " - Just my luck: I want more witches and wizards to accept prof. Dumbledore's offer of muggle sweets, and the first wizard to do so after I voiced this desire of mine, is that icky Severus Snape!
I guess I'll have to be careful what I wish for!

Inciteful!

Oh lol...I don't think i've ever seen that explanation...

An intriguing ad entirely plausible explanation for Dumbledore's continual stupidity where Harry (et al) is concerned. Let's hear it for Timothy Leary! I have never trusted Snape of canon. He is much to interested in being an evil bastard to have anybody's best interests (other than his own) at heart. Dumbledore trusted him and everyone else suffered for it. JKR's half arsed excuses fr his behavior are crap. Snape was evil long before Harry entered the scene. He has solely and single handedly ensured that when Voldemort returned, the wizarding world would have no police force worth mentioning and no healers because he refused to let go his petty childhood grudge and actually teach potions in a fair and equable manner.

It would be so easy for Snape to drug Dumblefutz, as the man, even then, thought everybody deserved a second chance to screw over the rest of the world. Nice, hunh?

He is after all, Voldemort's most faithful Death Eater.

Alorkin

So Snape ran everything, but lost in the end. Interesting

An amusing and almost plausible alternate take on Dumbledore's motivation and odd decisions. An entertaining one-shot.

Interesting theory about Snape and a possible theory about why the Longbottoms were tortured, even possibly little Neville. They could of been tortured because Snape didn't want Harry going to them whatsoever, unless the rogue group of Death Eaters thought that Lord Voldemort was also planning on killing Neville that night.

A rather interesting take on what might cause DD to have that twinkle in his eye while explaining his unnatural trust of Snape. I think you did an excellent job with this, as you always do with your stories. Good work.

Vern

Unconvincing.

As if Dumbledore ever paid attention to anyone's ideas but his own. He certainly didn't listen to Snape. We saw repeatedly (most clearly in PoA) how little trust he placed in Snape's opinions. If Snape was running him, as you suggest, Lupin wouldn't have been hired in the first place and would certainly have ended the year in Azkaban, in the second.