JKR's flipflop on Snape [Was: Snape's Destiny/JKR quotes/]

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 105299

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mnaper2001" 
<mnaperrone at a...> wrote:
 
> 
> I still think its quite possible that Snape will do something 
awful  because he can't control certain impulses (DD's words 
"Some scars run  too deep for healing" seem almost prophetic), 
but I also wonder if  JKR won't ultimately paint Snape as a good 
man but not a nice man. <snip><

I agree it would be plausible for Snape to do something like this 
but it wouldn't fit very well with the theme of choice. In fact,
Harry thinks something like this has already happened. He 
thinks Sirius went to the MOM because of Snape's taunting. I 
don't see that at all--one might as well say that Sirius went 
because Molly accused him of being an unfit godfather and 
blame her. I don't believe Sirius felt like he had anything to prove 
to either of them. He was just, as he once told Harry, spoiling for 
a fight.

I don't think Snape would be tempted to rejoin Voldemort, but he 
might be tempted to use the Dark Arts again in order to defeat 
him. Just supposing Harry wanted to learn how to do an 
unforgivable curse, who else do we know who would teach him?

> I think it's quite possible that Snape did something that may 
have indirectly or directly contributed to the Potters' demise.  The 
way  he flinches when Harry talks about hearing his mother 
scream after  the dementor close call is quite suspicious - <

::puzzled look:: I don't recall Snape being present when Harry 
discusses his Dementor close call. Reference, please?

Pippin