Introducing George (Was Re: Did Snape betray his friends? Round 2)

[colebiancardi]

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<snip>marinafrants" <rusalka at i... wrote:
  So that's George.  Under George, the GoF mission is not a problem:
  Snape opposed the DEs fifteen years ago because he thought they were
  scum.  He opposes them now because he still thinks so.  The fact 
  that he loathes most of the people on the good side is irrelevant. 
  Whatever he thinks of Harry Potter, he knows Harry is never going to
  go around torturing people to death just because they annoyed him, 
  and  that's enough to make him preferable to Voldemort in Snape's   
  book.
  
  Marina
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 I've got to say, I like this theory much more than unrequited 
 love!   I think that angle has been played one too many times in so  
 many different areas -- look at Star Wars -- the love triangle was a 
 biggie(unrequited or not) until it was finally debunked!  I do hope 
 JKR will not use this very trite and commonly used excuse to go 
 over to the "good" guys side.  To me, at least, it would devalue 
 this  being there--"the girl I still carry a major torch for is 
 there" -- while this theory at least allows him to view first-hand 
 what the DE's are, not just what he was told.  He makes the decision 
 based on his values and is not influenced by anothers.  
 
 I am a first time poster -- joined this list about 2 weeks ago and 
 I just love it!  Thanks for all the great reading.
 
 Cole