Where was Snape?

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 36499

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amanda" <editor at t...> wrote:
> Finwitch said, about Snape,
> > I don't think he wanted Quirrell to have the stone - I think he 
wanted
> > it for himself! To give to Voldemort or to keep - I know not.
> 
> Have you any basis for this? This in intriguing; of all the Snape 
theories,
> that he really *was* trying to get the Stone for Voldemort isn't one 
I've
> seen (maybe I've just not been paying attention).

Competition. Should Voldemort return (and Voldemort *was* there) - Any 
who'd produced the stone would have been the FIRST among death-eaters. 
We do know about Harry's scar - during Potion's exam it burned. 
Quirrell wasn't there (and wasn't killing anyone) - so it had to do 
with Voldemort (who might have been going with Snape for a chance).

 I don't think 
Snape is a
> psychopath--I think he's simply had to consider so many other things 
on so
> much more major a level than Potions exams that most everything else 
seems
> irrelevant. He's nasty, mean, and spiteful sort of by habit, to pass 
the
> time; I don't think we've seen any genuine emotion out of him except 
in the
> intense scenes dealing with Harry (Shack, office, etc.).

-Lack of emotion (particularly one of caring) is characteristic to 
psychopaths. It is one of the main reasons I think that of Snape. 
-Things that applied to normal person would assist to smooth things 
over, work just opposite to psychopaths - hating his lifesaver *more*?
-No conscience, no empathy. (Ever seen Snape regret anything?)
-Ambition (EVERY Slytherin is - that's why they're sorted there!)
-good at cheating
-like to make all unacceptable things seem to be the fault of their 
"enemies" (Snape *does* do that. Why did he blame *Harry* for 
Neville's first accident in Potions? It's *his* job to assure the 
potions are securedly made, not that of another students!)
- How opinions are divided into two about the person...
- Being ruthless.

Note: One thing doesn't yet count, but Snape has too many of them as 
I'm interpreting it!

> Still, it is a fact that if you ignore the delivery system (nasty, 
mean,
> spiteful, etc.), the product that Snape delivers most often is 
protection.
> How is this reconciled with your thought?

Duty. Rules. Importance of Life-Debt(both making debtors to him - and 
paying his *own* debt to JP). Gaining and keeping the trust of the 
boss. Keeping good face to his superiors.