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

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 85768

entropymail wrote:

> 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. 

HunterGreen:
I think you answered your own question there. He *was* behaving in a 
purely emotional way. Think about Snape's state that night, first he 
realizes that Lupin hasn't taken his potion yet (which I imagine 
Snape is VERY annoyed about, since he is AGAINST Lupin working there 
at all, and is being kind enough to make the damn potion for him 
every month, and Lupin can't remember to come and get it on time). 
Then he sees Lupin GONE, and looks down to see the map on the desk 
and Lupin disappearing off the edge (toward the path he knows leads 
to Hogsmeade). He has been sure all year that Lupin was helping 
Sirius, and now he sees Lupin doing something very odd: disappearing 
through a 'secret' passage on the night he's supposed to be turning 
into a werewolf. I think he thought his moment had come, that he was 
going to FINALLY be proved right and when he got there, there was no 
way in hell he was going to let that moment be stolen from him.

>Perhaps revenge? But Snapes's reckless actions to have 
>Sirius "kissed" seem to go beyond a childhood grudge over a reckless 
>prank.

That's right, they do. He thinks that Sirius has been sneaking into 
the castle right under everyone's nose. He thinks that Sirius is a 
murderer and DESERVES to be kissed. The fact is he *HATES* Sirius and 
has spent a large part of his life letting this hate fester and not 
exactly 'making his peace' with it in any way. For once HE has the 
control, not Sirius and James.
Also, I think he was being opportunistic as well. He obviously wanted 
the nobility (order of merlin anyone?) that came along with catching 
Sirius...which may be why he didn't kill him himself when he had the 
chance--he wanted to make a show of it. Also, I agree with Eloise 
when she said that  
"I suspect that it has to do with a deep seated need to prove 
himself."
Which makes complete sense. Not only does he have the baggage of the 
childhood encounters with Sirius and James, but the fact that he was, 
indeed, a DE, and briefly had the chance of facing time (or a life 
sentence....or even a death sentence for that matter) for such. 
Whether conciously or not, he wanted to be the 'hero' in this 
situation. 
 
> 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.

That's an interesting thought...although I must admit I am VERY 
against the whole 'Snape-loves-Lily' theory (I just can't see it). I 
have wondered if he DID know the whole time that Sirius was innocent 
(from his DE connections), but that makes him REALLY cold-blooded, I 
can't see his Sirius hatred being THAT strong. 
By the way, Bluesqueak posted a theory on the whole 
Sirius/Snape/Shrieking Shack incident that you might be interested in 
reading, its messege # 39662.


-HunterGreen