[HPforGrownups] Snape's memory

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 78847

ewdotson:
>support. :) Has anyone else considered the possibility that this is
>Snapes worse memory becase it IS his memory of the Prank, or at least
>the begining of it?  JKR makes a point of Lupin's shabbiness in the
>scene, having Harry wonder if it's close to a full moon.  We know

I've also been speculating about this, but come to a different conclusion...

We see Snape put 3 memories in his Pensieve.

Why?

Harry, at one point, is able to see some of Snape's memories. Perhaps Snape
puts the 3 memories in the Pensieve because they are memories which he
thinks it's _really_ important that Harry doesn't find out about. Perhaps,
also, they are 3 memories which are the ones most bound up with his hatred
of James and by extension of Harry (and therefore which would make it more
difficult for Snape to teach Harry).

Although the Shrieking Shack Prank (not a phrase I'd like to have to say 10
times quickly...) was one of Snape's bad memories, Harry knows all about it,
from both points of view. Possibly, therefore, it wasn't as important for
Snape to put it away.

So what might the other two memories be?

I wonder if the second memory is bound up with Snape's activities as a DE.
What's the worst thing it could have been? Perhaps Snape takes his hatred of
James sufficiently far to kill both his and Lily's parents. This would
explain what happened to Harry's grandparents, why Harry has no other living
relative than Petunia, and a lot about why Petunia hates the WW so much.
Killing James's parents would also be a blow at Sirius, who they took in
when he defected from the House of Black. Possibly the killings were the
spur that led James and Lily to join the fight against Voldemort. And
imagine what Harry would make of seeing all of that...

The third memory? I wonder if it is something that has happened recently?
The thing that Dumbledore sent Snape to do, perhaps? And possibly it's not
all that Snape has reported.

Cheers

Ffred

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