OOP - "A lot more about Snape"

[twoctseven]

No: HPFGUIDX 61334

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lhunneb" <LHunneb at a...> wrote:


> JKR said in the interview with Pax that we were going to learn a lot 
> more about Snape, which got me thinking...
> Snape already has bad feelings about Harry from the way that he was 
> treated by James' crew back at school.  But he also shows every sign 
> of trying to do the right thing when it really comes down to it - 
> such as at the Quidditch match and helping to protect the Sorceror's 
> Stone, etc..
> 
> What if Snapes conflicted feelings are from something deeper that we 
> will learn about in this book?  
> 
> What if, through his activities a spy, he suspected that Peter 
> Pettigrew was on Voldemort's side, but never told James or even 
> Dumbledore because he was still resentful from the school days 
> thing.  It might have been one of those passive-aggressive things.  
> Maybe he didn't have absolute proof, so he justified to himself not 
> speaking up about his suspicions.
> 
> Then, when Voldemort attacked the Potters, Snape would have 
suspected 
> Peter, even though everyone else said the betrayer was Sirius.  I 
> imagine Snape being torn up about it.  He tells himself that it 
isn't 
> his fault.  That Sirius is the betrayer, so he must have been wrong 
> about Peter, all the time knowing in his heart that he should have 
> spoken up.
> 
> This would explain almost everything we've seen Snape do in relation 
> to Harry and Sirius too.  He doesn't like feeling the way he does, 
so 
> it comes out in his hostility towards Harry.  Harry is a living 
> reminder to him of the attack.  People don't like to be confronted 
> with a daily reminder to their guilty conscience.
> 
> It is also why he doesn't want to listen to HRH or anyone else about 
> how Sirius is innocent.  This would be admitting his failure, and he 
> isn't ready to face that.
> 
> Now, with Voldemort back and Sirius on the good guy team again, he'd 
> have to face it, so Book 5 is the time for us to learn about this.
> 
> What does everyone think?  Could this be true?

You raise some interesting ideas as it is clear form the start that
Snape is a person who suffers from widely conflicting emotions.  IT is 
also clear that these emotions cloud his judgement of what is right 
and what is fair.

Such conflicting feeling would drive any man mad over time, and Snape 
has had a long time to relive his failures and regrets  on a daily 
basis.

I for one will be very interested in what the story on Snape is.

2CT7

AKA   Grotto