Snape

[Jesta Hijinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 41367


>I wonder if Snape is on some kind of double-secret probation and his
>probation officer is Dumbledore. I'm re-reading the books since I
>just got my brand-new UK editions and the thing that jumps out at me
>most about Snape is just how miserable he is.
>
>I really get the feeling that of all the things Snape wants to be
>doing, teaching is last on his list.
>
>So maybe Snape did something, or saved someone, (or tried to, if the
>feeling about Snape being the spy who tipped off D-Dore about the
>Potters is right) and Dumbledore threw some of his weight around to
>get Snape appointed as Potions Master instead of thrown in Azkaban or
>banned from doing magic like Hagrid was.
>
>Perhaps D-Dore's trust of Snape is just his understanding of Snape's
>nature. Maybe Snape wants his name cleared so he can get away from
>these loathsome brats who don't understand the fine art of potion-
>making and he will do what he needs to get that accomplished.
>
>And if this is true, it's D-Dore's own knowledge of Snape's ambitions
>that make him trust Snape.
>
My theory is that, yes, Snape was a Death Eater.  Perhaps he was one who 
tried to pull free because he had enough conscience not to want to go past a 
certain point with whatever Voldemort was doing, and he got out - but now 
he's not safe anywhere except at Hogwarts, under Dumbledore's eye and 
protection.

I think you're right, he doesn't especially want to be teaching.  I doubt 
that's the career he set out to pursue.

I think that, given his attitude and the manner in which he often turns up 
at Dumbledore's right hand, that he's a gifted wizard who strayed to the 
dark side, as it were, and then fought his way back - but for one thing, 
Voldemort or his followers might be seeking a way to harm him or do him in 
for having betrayed them, and for another, I suspect he is vulnerable with 
the death mark on him - something burned its way into his soul during the 
time he was a Death Eater.  Maybe it's not even so much that he can't be 
trusted - although I'm sure there would be those in the wizarding world who 
would feel that way - out among them all as that he can't trust himself, and 
that he is in fact in danger unless he is with Dumbledore and at Hogwarts.

I rather like the theory that his function there is to infiltrate Slytherin, 
gain the confidence of the house, and be on the alert for ill doings among 
the suspect families of the students with former Death Eater parents.

Felinia




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