Traitor yet again (Was: Third Man in the Graveyard?)

[melclaros]

No: HPFGUIDX 86049

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "manawydan" <manawydan at n...> 
wrote:
> I wonder, in a poll, how many of us would have Severus at the top 
of our
> list of favourite characters?
> 
> Is all of this a hint that JKR _is_ lining him up to be the traitor 
in the
> last book, at the point that Harry has finally come to trust him?
> 
> I'm not looking forward to it, but I've a nasty feeling that that 
could well
> happen (thinking also about some of the remarks that JKR has made 
about
> Snape in interviews...)

Well he's not *one* of my favorite characters, he is my *favorite* 
character. As to the good guy/bad guy thing--you mention the 
beginning of the series. It's in the beginning of the series that we 
get, through Harry's ears, a very emphatic speech from Dumbledore 
about *choices* and 
how important our choices are *in the end*.

JKR has said a lot of cryptic things about Severus, but the one that 
really sticks in my craw is somewhere along the line, I believe it's 
in the infamous "who would want Snape to be in love with them" 
interview, where she continues on to say "...once you find out what 
he is." (or something along those lines. Something VERY close to that 
anyway.)

I know I've posted this many times, I mentioned it just tonight in a 
reply to Carol--but the more I think about it the more I think 
Severus was the 'eavesdropper' in the Hog's Head who overheard (part 
of) the propehcy. It would explain a LOT of things while at the same 
time it (of course) raises a lot of questions. 

Like:
Is it Severus's "Fault" that James and Lily Potter were targeted by 
Voldemort in the First Place? WHAT did he tell Voldemort? Did 
Snape "start it all"? 

Imagine the absolute horror and uncontrollable rage Harry would feel 
upon learning that his hated potions master was instrumental in his 
parents' murder.

What's this got to do with choices? And Dumbledore's speech to Harry 
about how important they are *in the end*?

Perhaps even then DD was setting Harry up to learn the truth about 
what had happened--but knew it was absolutely necessary for him not 
to learn about Snape's part in it until Harry was absolutely clear on 
Snape's CHOICE to switch sides and work to stop Voldemort--and that 
he made that choice prior to the Potter's murder and, we're likely to 
learn attempted, but failed to stop it.
Harry's not ready to believe that yet. The fact that he'd "never 
trust Snape" was hammered into us at the end of OoP. 

See what happens when I have nothing to do?
Mel