Oop-Snape's worst memory

[adellalaine]

No: HPFGUIDX 66197

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "malarkay2000" 
<malarkay2000 at y...> wrote:
> > While it's possible this scene could be classified as "Snape's 
> Worst 
> > Memory" because it may have led to the Whomping Willow incident, 
I 
> > have to believe that Snape has worse memories floating around in 
> his 
> > head and (as it's been posted) in his pensieve.  Perhaps Rowling 
> > titled the chapter this way because it's the worst memory Snape 
> would 
> > want Harry to see (him being publicly humiliated by James), and 
> it's 
> > the worst memory of Snape's that Harry would want to see 
> (witnessing 
> > James' cruelty and thus crumbling Harry's deification of his 
> father).
> 
> 
> Alright, I may be, and most likely am, completely off base here, 
but 
> here it goes.  I was curious as to why that would be considered 
> Snape's worst memory, and here's what I came up with.  What if 
that, 
> more than the werewolf incident or anything else, was the 
proverbial 
> last straw?  The moment when Snape officially made the decision to 
> join Voldemort.  That would certainly explain why it would be his 
> worst memory, provided he truly is on the side of the light (which 
I 
> believe he is) and would have had the last fifteen years to regret 
> the decision.  That would also make his lines, "You...wait.  
> You...wait." more significant.  Very I'll-Show-You-Allish.


-Just a thought, but the "You...Wait" lines were spoken directly 
after James and Sirius were making fun of Snape for his DADA OWL. 
The "You...Wait" could be implying something he wrote in the OWL. I 
like your idea, but it seems weird  the he would decide to join the 
DE's BEFORE James and Sirius really humilated him.