Snape's DE past

[carolynwhite2]

No: HPFGUIDX 111284

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> Ignore the blandishments, dismiss the cajolery, spurn the spurious
> and ask yourself one question.Can you really and truly see Snape
> composing poetry and penning touching little billets-doux in the 
> watches of the night?
> Neither can I.
> 
> Kneasy

Carolyn
(giggling helplessly at this new tirade)
Ok, you've contradicted yourself. How come you reckon that he's 
dedicated his life to revenging the death of his wife and child? If 
he ain't the type to send billets-doux to the lovely Lily (and I SO 
agree!), can you really see him wooing anyone else? Screwed up 
bunches of belladonna and brambles, accompanied by exclusive bottles 
of eau-de-toad?

There's pent up passion there, oh yes, and he's panting for revenge 
for something..but for a woman? As I've said before, I'm struggling 
with this one. One pleasant possibility is that he had a crush on 
darling Bella at some point, and she rejected him. The only other 
woman that he might care about could be his mother, dying as a result 
of his father's (and maybe Snape's) involvement in the dark arts. It 
has a certain motif quality and could bring in issues of family 
pride. But both options are frankly pretty mushy. 

Nah, whatever romantic inclinations he ever had are history. Its got 
to be something grittier, preferably involving murder, blackmail, and 
arcane power-struggles amongst the WW elite. I think Severely 
Sigune's character analysis on Tuesday was spot on - our Sev is 
playing a long game, and working with DD for the time being suits him 
just fine. Granted, some major incident prompted this decision on 
tactics, something that made him plenty mad and was probably a 
betrayal of some sort, but of the heart? No, please, no.

Carolyn
Can't believe this is a SHIPPING discussion with Kneasy..