Snape Poisioning the Longbottoms? Was: Is Agnes Snape's Mother?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 86347

Mandy wrote:
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> Even if Snape's parents were casualties of the war and even if Snape 
> blames himself for his parents being injured by Aurors, I still don't 
> see this as enough of an incentive for Snape to switch sides.  If 
> anything it would make him more loyal to LV. However your theory 
> doesn't prevent something else happing to Snape which ultimately made 
> join Dumbledore. 
>

Carol: You're right that having his mother injured by aurors would not
motivate Snape to leave the Death Eaters. In fact, it would have had
the opposite effect, and he would have gone after the aurors
responsible with a vengeance. It makes much more sense to think that
his mother was resisting his father's Death Eater activities and he
put a curse on her to shut her up, permanently alienating his son and
driving him straight to Dumbledore. Okay, maybe that's a bit too
speculative, but we do know that Snape left the Death Eaters more than
a year before the Longbottoms were Crucio'd. I think he would have
been in on that little party had they been responsible for his
mother's condition.

As for Snape keeping the Longbottoms insane, how is he going to manage
that when he's at Hogwarts nine months out of the year? Assuming that
they would have recovered on their own if not for outside
interference, someone who has easier and more frequent access to the
Longbottoms must be responsible. (I do think, however, that Neville's
knowledge of Snape's mother's condition might well be the reason for
Snape's antipathy to Neville. He doesn't want anyone to know any part
of his past that he considers embarrassing, and he may well think that
 intimidating Neville will keep his mouth shut. Not good, not
sensible, but Snape all over.)

Carol