Snape in SILK GOWNS

[leb2323]

No: HPFGUIDX 79291

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "laylalast" <liliana at w...> 
wrote:
> 
> Since reading OotP I firmly believe that Snape is being set up to
be 
> seriously accused of being at the evil side for sure. 
> In my reply to SILK GOWNS (post 79154) I agreed with the idea that 
> the gum that the Longbottoms apparently receive in much abundance, 
> contains something that keeps them incapacitated. Why couldn't this 
> something be a potion?     
> My theory is that the trio will somehow discover that Snape visits 
> St. Mungo's. Perhaps through Neville, who has seen Snape there. As 
> Harry, and Ron as well, are suspicious of him, they will connect 
this 
> with the Longbottoms. Next they will begin to wonder about the gum 
> and in some way discover that it has been tampered with.  So, as 
> Snape comes there regularly and he is a potion master, he used to
be 
> a DE, he is still around LV
Oh, yes, a very neat accusation for 
Harry 
> and Ron to make. I think that Hermione has difficulties believ. I 
> even think that it is Lucius Malfoy's set up. That is why I 
suggested 
> in my post 79062 that he pays the bill for Agnes' stay at St. 
> Mungo's. Put Snape's mother in the same ward as the Longbottoms,
use 
> (or let someone else use – a healer -) a potion to tamper with
the 
> gum and who is the most obvious suspect? Not Lucius, but Snape. Add 
> his dubious past, his current connections to LV, the fact that
Snape 
> is indebted to Lucius and Snape will have a difficult time proving 
> his innocence.
> 

Just to play devil's advocate here (not that I actually believe this 
for a second). . . what if Snape *is* indeed sneaking a potion into 
the Droobles that the junior wizard candy stripers dutifully and 
innocently give the Longbottoms as they visit all the patients.  Only 
he's not keeping them insane, he is actually trying to cure them!  
Mama Longbottom keeps giving the wrappers to Neville trying to let
him know that the Droobles are making a difference.  And poor Snape.  
There's nothing like being an unrecognized good guy who is always 
mistaken for a bad guy to make you really mean and spitefully nasty
to the good guys who get all the glory!

leb - who hopes that no one takes this too seriously but also wonders 
what a candy striper's robe would look like!