[HPforGrownups] Snape: motives, relationships with Harry/ Dumbledore/Voldemort. DADA

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 31425


Tuesday, December 11, 2001, 1:54:19 AM, Edblanning at aol.com wrote:

Eac> 5) Then despite the risks he has taken everything he has done fades into 
Eac> insignificance when of all people, the Potter child defeats V.

I think you've hit the nail on the head... Snape bust his
such-and-such off for the cause, and it all gets eclipsed then V
gets defeated by a baby in a fluke accident.  (I think Snape
must resent it as much as V does.)  And I think the change at the end
of GoF is that S recognizes that, though he still doesn't regard Harry
as a sterling kid, he at least repects his ability to protect himself
from V in his own right.

Eac> A Question.... Where was Severus whilst the trio were rescuing the PS? He 
Eac> must have known that with D gone, Quirrel would make a move. Was it just that 
Eac> he knew he couldn't get past Fluffy? Seems a bit weak.

Hmmm... Maybe he knew Quirrell was on his way, and so Snape went out
to demand to Hagrid that he tell him how to get past Fluffy.  (I have
this image of S clutching Hagrid's collar and saying "Listen man, I
tell you Quirrell has gone after the Stone and that idiot Potter
thinks he can stop him -- Now tell me how to get past Fluffy so I can
stop Quirrell and save that git with the glasses, or I'll go into the
Forbidden Forest and molest the Whangdoodles!")

Eac> Eloise (who has never had acne and who would like to think there's a warm,
Eac> cuddly Snape in there somewhere, but doubts it and who fears he will shortly 
Eac> meet a heroic but gruesome end whilst remaining as unpleasant as ever....but 
Eac> wouldn't he be a cool ghost?)

Are you one of those like me who believe that Snape will die in
Harry's arms and his last words will be, "50 points from Gryffindor,
Potter!"

-- 
Dave