did Snape ever Believe..............

[potioncat]

 danielle dassero <drdara at ...> wrote:
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> Ok I am sure this has prolly been talked about in the main group, 
but I don't like posting there, people can be umm mean and no one 
responds to me or gives me credit for something.

Potioncat:
Well, it's no fun if a post gets no replies. Most of us have had that 
happen. It's nice to have others add to your comments, but the real 
fun is when someone strongly disagrees and a good dialogue begins.

Danielle:
 We all know that Snapes Worst Memory was called he called Lily a 
mudblood right. So after reading book 7 and I think someone on the 
leaky forum may have said this, reading the 3rd book has new meaning 
now, Snape hated Sirius not because of the Worst Memory scene or the 
Prank he played on Snape, instead Snape hated Sirius because he 
always believed Sirius was the secret keeper for the potters and 
Snape thought it was because of Sirius Lily died. 

Potioncat:
I'm looking forward to reading the series over with all I know now. I 
think a lot of the bits and pieces will seem very different.

In PoA, we're given the impression that Snape's anger at Black is all 
about the Prank. Those of us who have always trusted Snape beleived 
his real motivation was protecting Harry. It's after DH that we know 
how much he had cared for Lily; that his anger over the betrayal is 
personal. It explains the hallway scene with Fudge where Snape is 
eager for Black to be taken. It explains the hospital scene when he 
loses it after he discovers Black is free. Imagine how he must have 
felt at that moment, thinking that Harry has just allowed Lily's 
traitor to go free.


Danielle:
Well I have to wonder if Snape ever got around to believing Harry 
that it was Wormtail who snitched and not Sirius. I wonder this for 
no other reason than wondering about. Snape would still have reason 
to hate Sirius, because Sirius thought of the switch to Wormtail.

Potioncat:
We get to OoP and there's still no less tension between Black and 
Snape. There's a few theories about that tension. <eg> We know now 
that no one knew anything. So possibly neither Black nor Snape knew 
why Black was confinded. Snape may have really thought Black had 
brought it on himself on purpose. Maybe Snape thought it was 
cowardice that motivated Black to suggest switching the SK to 
Wormtail.

Personally, I still don't get why DD couldn't have let Black go back 
to the tropics....I guess he thought Harry might go too.


Danielle:
 I mean just say that Snape did believe that Wormtail was the SK and
>  the traitor, makes ya wonder how strong Snape is, cause I couldn't 
have standed have Wormtail in my house for a summer, I would have 
killed him before the end of the 1st day lol. Well those are my 
thoughts take or leave them, sorry if it has been talked to death 
already.


Potioncat:
I think sharing his old home with Wormtail must have been horrible. 
Sucking up to the wizard (LV) who actually killed Lily must have been 
even worse. I always thought it took incredible courage to go back to 
LV as a spy; but he also had to hide his true emotions about Lily's 
death from LV. 

Which reminds me of LV's comment to Harry that Snape agreed there 
were more worthy witches than Lily. It's very possible that 
conversation really did happen---and may have been at the first 
meeting between Snape and LV at the end of GoF. How painful must that 
have been? 


I really think you should take this to the main list. Snape threads 
can get wild.