Snape's DE past

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No: HPFGUIDX 111325

Kneasy rhetorically asked:

Can you really and truly see Snape
composing poetry and penning touching little billets-doux in the
watches of the night?


Carolyn helplessly giggled: 
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? <snip>

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.


Pippin quoted:

"the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its
shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep
through human veins, bewitching the minds, ensnaring the
senses...

and that perfect little haiku

I can teach you how
to bottle fame, brew glory,
even stopper death

Why, the man even casts a logic puzzle into verse.


Neri now:

I don't presume to know if it was a betrayal of the heart, but Like 
Pippin, I feel the need to quote:

OotP, Ch. 24:
"Then you will find yourself easy prey for the Dark Lord!" said Snape 
savagely. "Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who 
cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow 
themselves to be provoked so easily — weak people, in other words — 
they stand no chance against his powers!"

Sounds quite emotional, isn't it? So who was the fool who wore his 
heart proudly on his sleeve and paid dearly for it? Was it somebody 
Snape knew? That he cared about? Or was it young Severus himself? I 
somehow suspect Severus at 19 wasn't that calculated and cold blooded 
as Snape at 36, and even the last one is not completely in control of 
his emotions. 

Neri