[HPforGrownups] Snape and the Death Eaters?

[Gina R Rosich]

No: HPFGUIDX 53802

On 3/14/03 10:31 PM, "IAmLordCassandra at aol.com" <IAmLordCassandra at aol.com>
had this to say:

> <snip>
> 
> Personally, I think Snape changed sides because he's a Slytherin. In the
> first book it says that a Slytherin would do anything to meet their ends.
> Anything COULD involve betraying the dark lord at the height of his power and
> joining the good side. What could those ends be? *shrugs*
> 
> I also think Harry might save/protect Snape in some way. If/when Voldemort
> finds out about Snape's disloyality do you think he's just going to give him
> the ol' Avada Kedavra and be done with it? PUH! Not likely. I imagine he'd
> make an example out of Traitor!Snape. Even though there have been plently of
> times when Harry wanted to see Snape in extreme pain/under cruciatus/etc..I'm
> sure he wouldn't just sit by (if he's there)
> 
> ~Cassie~ 
> 
> 
> 
I don¹t think Snape switched sides for particular ends because he¹s a
Slytherin.  I really think he saw the error of those ways.  I think he has
an inner moral compass which got Œactivated¹ if you will at the height of
Voldemort¹s power because he was faced squarely with the damage and realised
that is not for him.  Just my opinion, mind you.  Snape strikes me as a
particularly principled man.  I think he just came of age (early 20¹s by the
Lexicon timeline) and realised what he values was not what Voldemort had to
offer.

But I particularly like the idea of Harry helping Snape in some way.  For
one thing, it¹s really bugged me for 4 books now how many times Snape has
gone to bat for Harry and not once did he get a thank you or acknowledgment
of any kind.  Really.  No wonder Snape gets increasingly irritated with the
boy!  :-)  Furthermore, I think there is something interesting about 2
generations of Potters saving Snape¹s life.  He could wind up irrevocably
intertwined in a passing of life debts.  James saves Snape¹s life.  Snape
repays him by saving (or trying to save) Harry¹s life.  Harry then saves
Snape¹s life, and so on.  They¹ll never be rid of each other!

Oh, and I don¹t see Rowling killing off Snape.  She¹s made some mentions in
interviews of watching out for Snape, that there¹s more interesting things
in store for him, and alluded to things as far ahead as in book 7.  No, my
money is on Hagrid or some background character we get to know better.

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Gina 




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