Snape's DE past

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 111199

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:

> Kneasy:
> True -  Neri filled the screen with possible motivations, but IMO 
most (all except one, in fact) are insufficient to explain why Snape 
does what he does and acts how he acts - it's revenge pure and 
simple.
> 
> It's such a simple motive that can explain so much. Other 
theories get into relationships with James, Lily, switch to 
convoluted explanations of how this affects the way he treats 
Harry and so on..and on...and on.
 But start from the simple premise that Snape hates and fears 
Voldy to an intense degree and it gets much simpler. <

But JKR likes convoluted backstories! Look at what she came up 
with for Sirius. All we have to know is that Sirius loves and feels 
protective of Harry to an intense degree, right? But that didn't 
satisfy JKR--she invented a whole history for SB, according to 
her website. Even what made it into the books is pretty complex 
--and has to be, to account for the depth of his feelings for a child 
he hardly knows. 

And this is for somebody who's only supposed to be a brooding 
presence. I don't doubt we'll get something equally convoluted 
for Snape, who not only has a larger role to play, but also came 
pre-packaged with a set of intensely deep feelings for someone 
he'd never met before.

Pippin