Lupin's resentment : An inside to Snape's resentment

[suehpfan]

No: HPFGUIDX 94200

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:
> Sue wrote:
> > 
> > I have never posted this devious little thought I've had before.  
> > What if Snape was a part of this "happy party" as well.  perhaps 
> the 
> > reason this charming group of DE's was ever caught was that there 
> was 
> > a witness in the form of a fellow DE named Snape who extracted 
> > himself as quickly as he could to turn them in.  Perhaps Neville 
> hit 
> > the door of Potions Class desperately afraid of Snape for a very 
> real 
> > reason, unrelated to his grades. Boggart!Snape *was* reaching for 
> his 
> > wand, not his grade book.
> > 
> > Sue, Who is ducking.
> 
> Potioncat:
> I've had the same thought.  Except, didn't the torturing of the 
> Longbottoms happen after LV's fall?  So would Snape have needed to 
> be there (undercover) at that time?  
> Potioncat

We know it happened after, yes.  According to DD, people were 
beginning to feel safe, that is why it was so shocking. What we do 
not know is when Snape stopped participating.  He could have been 
trying to "out" the DE's who had not already been caught.  In all 
fairness to Snape (and as a fence sitter, I must try to be fair), he 
could have been trying to get away and get help but he was too late. 
Perhaps the reason the Longbottoms are alive at all is because he got 
the "right" people there in time to catch the torturers and save 
their lives but sadly,not their sanity.

Sad and more sad,
Sue