[HPforGrownups] Re: [Snapefans] The Old Snape Loves Lily Theory

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 58653


> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Amanda Geist" <editor at t...>
> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > It could be. But I think, given the particular mention of "glittering
eyes,"
> > that it is the temptation of old ways and power that will tempt Snape.
Do
> > you remember/did you see Porphyria's analysis of when the term
"glittering"
> > or "glinting" was used for eyes (mostly Snape's), and what was happening
> at
> > each time? [was an HP4GU post]Snape is always doing something cruel or
> > aggressive. Always. In that light, I find it ominous that Snape's eyes
were
> > glittering as he left to begin his task.
> >
>
Gina wrote:
> Amanda (or anyone else who can answer),
> I would be very interested in reading this analysis.  I couldn't find it
in the
> archives.
>
> btw, I'm sure it was mentioned, but when Snape's eyes glitter at the end
of
> GoF, he also turned very pale.  I think that made a difference in people's
> minds, that this task was somehow scarier, or more threatening than
anything
> else.

I have read Porphyria's post and this one here, and here's my take on it at
the moment.  He paled because he was afraid.  He has known this moment has
been coming for over a decade, and he and Dumbledore have been preparing for
it.  But, whatever the task is, I'm sure it is dangerous and has something
to do with his past associations.  I don't think he relishes doing the task
D asks him to do.  But he is willing to do it.  He is willing to persevere
and do whatever needs to be done to achieve his goal, presumably aiding in
the downfall of Voldemort.  I see this more as the source of the glittering
in his eyes this time: the resolve and the will to see things through until
the end, whatever the end may be.

Kelly Grosskreutz
http://www.idcnet.com/~ivanova