Harry and Snape

[flyingbluecat]

No: HPFGUIDX 60714

Snape is clearly one of the most fascinating of the characters 
because he's so enigmatic.  Here are some thoughts on him that ran 
through my head this morning.


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "michaelkgidlow" 
<Veritas771 at h...> wrote:
> Everyone knows Snape despises Harry and Harry abhors Snape. But 
what 
> is the cause of Snape's intense hatered? I've heard that perhasps 
> James stole Lily from Snape. This is plasuable, but could it be 
more 
> than that? 

While I think it's somewhat plausible, it seems to me that it's 
something more complex than that.  My guess is that Rowling will not 
reveal the cause of the hatred until book 6 or 7.  What's curious to 
me is why Snape was the one casting the countercurse during the 
Quidditch match in Book 1?  With all those witches and wizards there, 
they all must have been aware that Harry's broom was jinxed.  Why 
didn't DD or McGonagall cast the countercurse?  Does this mean that 
there's some sort of schedule in place for protecting Harry?
> 
> Also, why did Snape leave the Death Eaters? Perhasps he 
> knew of the plot to kill the Potters, but I doubt that. Also, is 
> Snape a vampire? I think Snape is one of the most mysterious 
> characters in the books. 
> 
Again, while plausible it seems like it would be something more.  
Whatever Snape did it had to be something that proved without a doubt 
to DD that Snape was now loyal to the good side.  And he had to do 
something more than just convert from being a Voldemort loyalist.  
Afterall, many current DE's are pretending to be converts but I'm 
sure DD sees right through them.  Whatever it was it makes me wonder 
where Snape is ranked on Voldemort's hit list. But what did Snape do 
to gain DD's undying confidence?  Or is it a ruse?  Maybe Snape is a 
double agent and DD is feeding him information to set a trap for 
Voldemort in Book 7 that would lead to his final demise.  I toyed 
with that idea but I don't really believe it to be true.  

Clearly I have more questions than answers!

Cat