Professor Snape's role

[I Am Lord Moldy Vat]

No: HPFGUIDX 99950

> Maddy writes:
> > The question is why does he go out of his way to help 
> > Harry? Is it because despite how much he hates Harry 
> > he simply doesn't want him dead? Or is there a much 
> > more interesting, yet-to-be-revealed reason behind it?

Marla <irishwynch at a...> wrote:
> How about this....   He hates Harry because he's James' son but 
> protects him because he's Lily's as well.  I've always thought 
> that one of the main reasons Snape was so jealous of James was 
> because he loved Lily.  Lupin mentions that he particularly hated 
> James, thinking that it could have had something to do with Snape 
> being jealous of his ability at Quidditch.  It would be interesting 
> to know when Snape became a spy for Dumbledore too.  Could he have 
> changed sides when he found out Voldemort is going after the 
> Potters, Lily in particular?
 


I absolutely agree. I think Snape sees a lot more of Lily in Harry 
than he'd care to admit to himself, and that he tries to see more of 
what he hated in James as a defense mechanism. 

But I don't think he changed sides when he learned Voldy was after 
the Potters. We learn in POA that DD had "a number of usefull spies" 
and that one of them warned DD what Voldy was up to. Only a Death 
Eater, someone in Voldy's inner circle, could have known that sort 
of information, don't you think?

~Pixie
(Of the superhappyfun variety!)