Snape and Redemption (was: JKR's best interview)

[princesspeaette]

No: HPFGUIDX 75619


> "John, C"
> (quoting from interview)
> 
 We also know from Book 4 that Voldemort
> knows that Snape isn't coming back and he's pissed off about it.  
It makes> me think that Snape's name is probably second on 
Voldemort's "People to Kill> when I come into Power List" right under 
Harry's.


I agree that Snape is probably really high on Voldemort's 'To Kill' 
list.  LV doesn't seem to  take too kindly to betrayal, in an form.  
And going back to Dumbledore (the 'champion of mudbloods and muggles' 
according to Lucius Malfoy, don't remember which book) is probably 
the worst thing you could do in LV's eyes.


 
> So, could you imagine what was going through Snape's
> mind during say Book 1 when he was trying to save Harry from 
Quirrell's> broom jinx?  It could have been Dumbledore or McGonagall 
who tried to save> Harry, but instead it was Snape.  He probably 
wanted nothing more than to> watch the offspring of the school bully 
hit the ground from 50 feet in the> air, but instead he protected 
him.  I know it was a plot point to make it> appear as though Snape 
was the bad guy, but given what we know about Snape> now, it gives 
>the act new meaning.
>

Yes, but Snape was the only one who suspected Quirrel of being in 
league with LV, so the other teacher's probably needed a bit of time 
to figure out what was going on.  Snape was already keeping a close 
eye on Quirrell by that point.  And Hagrid said it takes very 
powerful magic to interfere with a broomstick.  If you didn't get in 
the counter jinx at the beginning, you probably couldn't do it. (my 
theory, not the book)

~Margaret