Worst Memory for Whom?

[Miranda]

No: HPFGUIDX 127488



> Chrusotoxos <heos at v...> wrote:
> > <snip>
> > I mean, the memory of Snape's 5th year was his own worst 
> > memory or the worst Harry could see (because it would 
> > undermine his love for his father James)?
<snip>

ludmila souza <magalud at y...> wrote:

> I believe that's the worst memory in Harry's POV. Because, up until
then, his father was a hero, a perfect guy: excellent student,
excellent Quidditch player, loving father and husband... James was
practically a saint. Then, Harry finds out through someone else's
memory that there are holes in his shining armour. He gets sick to his
stomach, having been bullied himself. He even wonders about how his
parents got together later on...
<snip>


	Although the argument that it is Harry's POV is a strong one, I am
beginning to wonder if there is something going on within the memory
that we don't yet know.  Even though Snape has potentially been
through awful experiences as a DE, I wonder if something happened in
this moment that changed him.
	It may seem like a bit of a stretch, but what if, for example, this
moment of humiliation was the final straw for Snape and what led him
to become a DE?  Or maybe this was the last time Lily stood up for
Snape?  I'm not trying to suggest a Lily/Snape romance or anything,
but if she was finally fed up with trying to help him, maybe the
bullying took a turn for the worse from then on.  
	Anyone else wonder if it really is Snape's Worst Memory, but we will
find out why in book six?

Miss Miranda, a long time lurker emerging