Snape being a DE

[Maria Kirilenko]

No: HPFGUIDX 55552


--- danielle dassero <drdara at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Not having been in this group for long. Don't know
> if
> anyone has thought this. But seeing how Snape's
> loyalty is being questioned. We all know that Snape
> became DD's spy on Lord Voldie. We all think that he
> was recruited after becomming a DE. 
> 
> How about this for thought, Snape only became a DE
> becuase he was DD' spy
> from day 1. Maybe DD knowing that  Voldie was
> getting
> up in power, while Snape was at school, DD became a
> mentor so that DD could use Snape as his spy. 
> 
> Snape never was a true DE who switched sides. He was
> always
> on DD side from the start. He became a DE on DD's
> orders and then convinced Lord Voldie that he would
> make a good spy for Lord Voldie, but in all reality
> he
> was a spy for DD. Does that make sense to anyone
> other
> than me???``

Me:
Well, yeah, it makes sense, but it doesn't agree with
me at all. It's not at all satisfying, IMO. I
infinitely prefer RealDE!Snape, Torturing!Snape,
MuggleMurdering!Snape. <eg>

Moreover, Snape's personality and what we know of his
history suggests that he did indeed become a DE, and
converted later, after something happened that made
him realize that it wasn't at all what he wanted, or
what he thought it would be. 

Probably the animosity between him and James's gang,
and the Prank weren't the most insignificant reasons
for becoming a DE. Snape also strikes me as the type
of person who was unpopular at school, whose talents
weren't as widely recognized as he would have liked.
It must have been very flattering to him when he was
approached and recruited.

Well, that's all I can write off the top of my head,
anyway. There definitely are long, detailed, and
thought-through posts about this in the archive, but I
can't be bothered to go look for them right now.

Maria

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