OoP - Snape STILL could be the turncoat

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No: HPFGUIDX 63497

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mochajava13" 
<mochajava13 at y...> wrote:
> Snape is still a very mysterious character.  

.....Agreed!!

<snip>
> But, Snape did try 
> and find Harry in the forest to prevent him from going to the 
> Ministry, and he did warn Sirius even though he obviously despises 
> Sirius.  

.....We only have Dumbledore's word for it that Snape actually did 
those two things.

<snip>
> He hates Lupin for being a 
> werewolf.  

...How do we know that he hates Lupin for being a werewolf?  We know 
he hates Lupin, we know Lupin is a werewolf, and we know that Snape 
is not too keen for the students of Hogwarts to know about his 
personal dealings with the Marauders, but I don't get that he 
actually hates Lupin *because* he's a werewolf.

<snip>
> But then again, his reaction 
> when Harry sees this memories is very frightening, and can't be 
> explained away by a desire to keep up appearances.  His reactions 
> amount to child abuse.  He grips Harry on the arm so hard that 
Harry 
> has a bruise on his arm.  He shakes Harry so hard that Harry's 
> glasses almost fall off.  He throws Harry with all his might, and 
> throws things as Harry is leaving.  And he refuses to continue 
> occlumency lessons, despite knowing how crucial these lessons 
are.  
<snip>
> I don't like it.  I thought this reaction was too extreme, 
especially 
> since he made a point of extracting these memories in front of 
> Harry.  True, Harry shouldn't have tried to see into Snape's 
> memories in the first place.  Harry knew this before he went into 
> the penseive.  But Snape's reaction, to someone half his age, was 
> completely inappropriate.  He should never have bruised Harry, 
shook 
> Harry, or throw things at Harry.  Completely inapproprite.  He 
could 
> have taken them out before meeting Harry, and Harry could have 
just 
> found them like he found Dumbledore's.  But Snape extracts them in 
> front of Harry, while watching Harry, almost daring Harry to ask 
> what they were.  And why take them out at all?  He even said that 
he 
> wasn't expecting Harry to use a shield charm and see his 
memories.  
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Your thoughts gave me a theory (long shot) about why this whole 
thing happened.  What if Snape *is* spying for the Order but LV 
thinks he's a loyal DE.  And... what if LV expected Snape to use his 
lessons with HP to *open* Harry's mind, rather than close it?  So 
what if Snape deliberately lured Harry into doing something that 
would justify the lessons being suspended?

MC