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[prefectmarcus]

No: HPFGUIDX 39364

Tired Of Ugly Convoluted Hard-to-swallow Expositions

Snape is a mean, ugly shnook.  He isn't pretending.  

Snape is loyal to Dumbledore.  Second-chance Dumbledore got him out 
of a terrible mess and gave him back his self-respect.  There is no 
way he is going to louse that up.  He has far too much integrity.

Snape hated James in the same way Draco hates Harry, to quote 
Dumbledore.  Draco does NOT love Hermione or Ginny (fanfics 
besides).  Draco hated Harry before they entered the picture.  So it 
is unlikely that Snape hates Harry because of Lily.  He hates him 
because of James, and everytime he sees Harry, he is reminded of his 
life-debt to James, a person he despised.

Dumbledore is a good guy.  The gleam is because he just realized a 
fatal error on the part of Voldemort.

Snape is unlikely to be going back as a spy.  (1) Voldemort can tell 
he is lying.  (2) That is what Harry thinks might happen, so that 
makes it less likely.  (3) Even if #1 isn't true, everybody thinks it 
is, and Snape is too valuable to waste on the off-chance that it 
isn't.

Is Snape a vampire?  Perhaps, but I think the problems of him being 
one quickly start multiplying out of control.  Besides all the legend-
lore problems; why hasn't somebody, somewhere, somewhen spilled the 
beans?  A juicy piece of gossip like that concerning the school's 
most hated teacher would not stay secret for very long.  Why hasn't 
Hermione nailed Mister "I don't see a difference?"  Why hasn't some 
other swot done it?