Snape's Destiny/JKR quotes

[kyntor70]

No: HPFGUIDX 105164

Katie wrote:

Hmmm... At this point, I don't think JKR would trick us about which
side Snape is on; I believe he's firmly on the side of the Order. So
I'd guess that it would be something in the past-- something we don't
know yet-- that she's hinting at. But what could be so terrible that
it would make her constantly temper her liking for Snape?

I'd guess he was indirectly responsible for or somehow complicit in
someone's death, back in his DE days. Maybe, just possibly... someone
like the Potters?


Kyntor replies:

Why would the reader need to "keep an eye on Snape," if the events in 
question were in the past?  If you tell someone to keep an eye on 
someone else, you are expecting something to happen in the future.

I do not like Snape, but I also do not believe that he will betray 
Dumbledore.  I believe Snape feels something akin to a wizarding bond 
to Dumbledore for saving him (mainly from himself, but also from 
serving life in Azkaban) during the first rise of Voldemort.  We have 
seen that although he is a pretty horrible person, he does have a 
sense of honor (trying to save Harry because he owed a wizard's debt 
to his father).

I think that in the quote, JKR was talking more about Snape's 
character rather then which side he is on.  From the way she has 
developed him, I would have to say that regardless of which side 
Snape is on, he is not a very good person.  I think JKR wants us to 
keep that in mind when we assign motivations for his actions.

Kyntor