Snape and Harry again.

[mnaper2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 114275

> Dungrollin rolls up her sleeves:
> 
> As I see it, there are 4 possibilities: 
> 
> 1. ESE!Snape
> 2. MoralConversion!Snape
> 3. ReluctantlyGood!Snape
> 4. Oscar-winner!Snape

Ally:

Poking my head in here, perhaps a little belatedly.

I think you left out 1 possibility:
5.  FreedomNow!Snape - Snape really hates being a slave to Voldemort, 
having been basically manipulated into his service.  He is still 
morally ambiguous and mean-spirited at heart, genuinely hates Harry 
and loathes most of the students, and what he really wants is to get 
that darned tattoo off his wrist AND maybe get a measure of revenge 
against Voldemort in the process.  It just so happens that the best 
chance of doing that is fighting for good, but if there was no DD and 
instead was an even darker wizard trying fighting V for power, Snape 
would probably be spying for him as well, at this point.

I seriously disbelieve ESE!Snape, just cause JKR has put such effort 
into making Snape complex, and it would ruin that if Snape was just 
always ESE.  Moral conversion - maybe.  Possible.  Perhaps a 
combination of 2 and 5?  ReluctantlyGood - also a possibility, 
although not as interesting to me for some reason.  And Oscar-Winner!
Snape is my least favorite.  I DO NOT subscribe to the notion that 
Snape is really a sweetheart forced to play a charade to fool the 
DEs.  He's nasty at heart in my mind - I just don't think that 
necessarily means he's evil.

Ally