JKR's dismay at favourite fansite Slytherins

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>    Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 19:08:56 -0000
>    From: "Susan" <teilani2002 at yahoo.com>

>> The only thing that bothers me about this is that it goes back to the pure speculation that LV did something *personally* to Snape, which seems to inevitably bring us back to him having a family or love life (and of course, the twins;-), which I just cannot picture.  I totally agree that there obviously has to be some kind of motivation for Snape to stop being a DE, and I can't wait to find out what that is, but until JKR TELLS me outright that Snape lost his lover/family to LV and the DEs, I just won't believe it.<<

One of the few things we see that we KNOW Snape loves is his own magical power.  What if the reason Snape stopped being a DE was because of a threat to lose his power?  Not being very creative in this respect, I can't think of a reason why Voldy would try to strip Snape of his magical powers, but I imagine other people can.

Laura Walsh  LWalshETAL at aol.com