Snape's Fury (was: The Shrieking Shack-did Snape have ulterior motives?)

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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "KathyK" <zanelupin at y...>
wrote:<snip>
> > >I can only infer that Snape was so eager to nail Sirius and Remus 
> > that he didn't really care if HRH were killed in the process.  
> > Doesn't say much for our boy Sevvie, does it?  And then he has the 
> > nerve to paint himself as HRH's selfless rescuer.  Nice, Snape, 
> > really nice.<snip>

But why was Snape so dead-set against Black being freed? It was so
important to Snape that he get Black back to the dementors for the
kiss that he was willing to forego any explanation from anyone --
didn't even want to entertain the possibility that he might have
gotten the story wrong.  Seems that Snape was acting purely
emotionally, rather than logically. Perhaps revenge? But Snapes's
reckless actions to have Sirius "kissed" seem to go beyond a childhood
grudge over a reckless prank.

Which leads me to (sorry, folks) the "Snape loves Lily" theory. This
seems to be a logical reason (makes sense to me) for Snape's blind
fury at Sirius.  If Snape has believed all along that Sirius was the
Potter's secret keeper, then he has been blaming Sirius and stewing
over the loss of the love of his life, Lily, for twelve long years.
Or, being a Voldie insider, he may even have been privy to the fact
that Pettigrew was a spy, funneling information to the Death Eaters
whenever he could.  So even if he knew after the fact that Peter had
been the Potter's true secret keeper, he may have still blamed Sirius
for being so stupid as to pass on this sacred trust to someone who was
so obviously untrustworthy.

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