Snape vs. Neville, Dumbledore, Harry

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 35464

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "finwitch" <finwitch at y...> wrote:

> Just another thought - Snape may well have been among the cruciating 
> group of DEs which is why Neville is so afraid of him. Heck - what
if 
> the DEs demanded that Snape puts the crucio curse on Neville - (to 
> prove his loyalty or some such) - [i]that[/i] would have been the 
> reason for him to leave the DEs. Torturing babies... Poor little 
> babies who can't even talk! He will NOT go that far! But he's too 
> afraid of Voldemort to refuse.

Nope, the timing doesn't work on that one.  The Longbottoms were
tortured *after* Voldemort's defeat.  That was why the Lestranges went
after them in the firstplace -- they thought the Longbottoms had some
information on LV's whereabouts.  But Snape turned double-agent before
Voldemort's fall; Dumbledore makes a point of emphasizing that in the
Pensieve scene.

Marina
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