Gadfly theory 101: Why DD trust SS & SS hates Harry

[mclellyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 79500

I've been mulling this theory for sometime now.  I think it is time 
to let her fly (pun intended).  I am loading my stinging gadfly 
cannon with more canon to annoy the domesticated masses.


JKR seems to split what happened on Halloween night regarding 
Voldemort attacking Harry into two parts:
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CoS Chapter 17 The Heir of Slytherin, US paperback page 316

"No one knows why you lost your powers when you attacked me," said 
Harry abruptly.  "I don't know myself.  But I know why you couldn't 
kill me.  Because my mother died to save me.  My common Muggle-born 
mother," he added, shaking with suppressed rage.
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JKR seems to hint here that one spell saved Harry's life and another 
made Voldemort lose his powers.  What if Snape brewed a potion for 
Harry or put a charm on Harry that would make the AK curse backfire?  
After all it is plausible as Sirius says in GoF:
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GoF Chapter 27 Padfoot Returns, US paperback page 531

"Ever since I found out Snape was teaching here, I've wondered why 
Dumbledore hired him.  Snape's always been fascinated by the Dark 
Arts, he was famous for it at school.  <snip> Snape knew more curses 
when he arrived at school than half the kids in seventh year....<snip>
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That would explain why he resents Harry's fame so much BECAUSE IT 
REALLY SHOULD BE SNAPE THAT IS FAMOUS FOR COMING UP WITH THE 
BACKFIRING SPELL.  That is why Snape sees Harry as "just a nasty 
little boy" (GoF Ch 27 Padfoot returns, US paperback page 516)who has 
no right to be famous.

If Snape is responsible for Voldemort's AK curse backfiring, then you 
can understand why Dumbledore trusts him so.

You can also understand that Snape cannot let anyone know he did this 
or he would be the intense target of the DEs and Voldemort.

Then there is the problem of motivation.  Hmmmmmmm.  Well the 
L.O.L.L.I.P.O.P.S. help me out some there, but I am a much darker 
creature than they are.  I think Snape the Slytherin loner has a 
vampire thirst <vbg> for knowledge.  He studied under Voldemort to 
learn all he could, and now he is studying under Dumbledore to learn 
all he can.  If this story goes the way of the Hero's Journey in 
mythology, then the hero always has another foe that comes to fore.  
To me that would be Snape.   I think Snape wants to be the greatest 
wizard there ever was and is laying in wait until he sees some 
vulnerable spot to move in with all his knowledge.

OK, get out your flyswatters.

Gadfly "saying thanks to the spirits behind the veil that I found 
HPFGU where I can get these things off my chest and have a good 
discussion about HP theories"  McLellyn