Love & Snape (was love between Snape & Harry)

[Mandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 98359

Kneasey wrote:
> You malign my romantic inclinations -  which are miniscule.
> Yes, I did propose that Sevvy had a family - and that his wife
> was Florence. And that the  happy family were depicted in
> the memory with the crying child with Snape, as usual, not
> happy  about something his darling help-meet has done or 
> not done. (Where's me dinner? You sit around all day watching
> the Pensieve while I flog me guts out torturing Muggles, and 
> what do I get? No dinner!)  And also that Voldy, directly or 
> indirectly caused their deaths, hence giving Snapey massive 
> motivation for becoming anti-Voldy (which is not quite the 
> same thing as pro-Order).
> It's all personal, you see, not a matter of moral principle.
> See posts 68045, 69509  and a  good few since.
> Why do I bother? Nobody reads 'em.


Mandy here:
Cheer up Kneasy; I think more people read your posts that you 
realise.  We just keep rehashing the same old stuff, over and over 
again in the futile and desperate hope of catching the golden nugget 
that slipped through the cracks.....

Your Snape/Florence theory would support JKR statement about who 
could love Snape if he truly is that despicable.  I wouldn't put it 
passed him to be so cruel to his wife, as we often our to those 
closest to us.  But what if, instead of LV killing Florence, Snape 
killed her?  Perhaps, instead of yelling about his late dinner, he's 
yelling about something vital she let slip?  Or perhaps she went to 
the Order with information and LV demanded her death at Snapes 
hands.  Or Snape knew that killing her himself would be kinder than 
letting LV torture her to death?

That combines love and redemption nicely, with a dash of betrayal 
thrown in. Snape's hand being forced and atonement becoming a 
desperate necessity.  It's a little romantic but not too soppy. It 
paints Snape as despicable but being left with no choice...how do 
you make the choice between two evils? And how do you live with the 
choice you do make?

Cheers Mandy