TBAY : Snape & Voldemort

[Judy]

No: HPFGUIDX 46991

[In our last episode, Wendy had just presented her theory that
Voldemort would take Snape back because Voldemort was 'fond' of Snape,
in a very specific way....]

...Judy leaped up and gasped in shock. A Voldemort/Snape shipper in
the Tavern? Then slowly, she sat back down. "This is my kind of
place," she said.

Wendy looked horrified. "My comments were in no way meant to suggest a
Snape/Voldemort SHIP. Notice that I wrote that Severus might not have
been able to defend himself against Voldemort's attentions - implying
that he would *not* have chosen nor wanted those attentions, but
didn't have had the strength of will or worldliness or whatever to
know how to refuse." 

Judy jotted down some of what Wendy was saying: "might have sounded as
though Snape was a willing and eager participant in the whole thing,
but didn't mean it that way... Wendy never meant to imply that Snape
has *warm* feelings for Voldemort -- probably quite the opposite. IT'S
NOT A SHIP!  -- underage Snape -- it's abuse and exploitation." 

Judy looked up at Wendy. "I see what you are saying now! I stand
corrected. I was thinking of the idea that Voldemort and Snape had
become 'fond' of each other sometime after Snape had already joined
the Death Eaters. You didn't pull me into the conversation until the
second part of your post, so I missed the part where you said Snape
might have been quite young at the time Voldemort took an interest in
him.[1] I definitely agree, what you are describing here is abuse,
*not* a ship. In fact, if Voldemort had pressured a young Snape into a
sexual relationship, that would be a reason for Snape to later turn
against him, when Snape grew older and realized how exploitative the
relationship had been.  This was the sort of thing I had in mind when
I said that if Karkaroff had sexually exploited a teenage Snape, that
would be a reason for Snape to resent or even hate him later, and JKR
could use the exploitation as a reason for Snape to be willing to kill
Karkaroff.  However, I don't really think that Snape was sexually
exploited by Voldemort, so I doubt that was Snape's reason for leaving
the Death Eaters."

Judy nodded her head, and then went on. "And of *course*, by saying
'this is my kind of place', I didn't mean that I LIKED the idea of a
Voldemort/Snape ship."  (She laughed nervously.)  "Of course not!  I
just meant that, um, er, I was impressed by the *creativity* of those
here in the Tavern!  Yes, that's it!  It's the creativity of that
theory that, ah, *impressed* me!"  She then took a long drink of tea
and stared intently at her notes.

~~~ Judy, who didn't mean to imply that the *real* Wendy was a
Voldemort/Snape shipper --  sorry, Wendy!

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[1] Well, Judy Serenity (the character) wasn't in the conversation at
the time.  See Message 46879. The real Judy (the author) forgot that
Wendy had referred to Snape as being quite young, and maybe not even
willing.  Or, more likely, this idea was just so unpleasant that I
*repressed* it.  And actually, the whole idea of Voldemort being
attracted to Snape squicks me out.