Why Snape Hates Neville (Another New Wild Hare theory)

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> 
> Sabrina wrote:
> <snipped>
> I was wondering if the reason as for Snape hating Neville, and Harry 
> has to do with who is "the one."  
> This may also explain why Snape is so much more horrible to Harry.  
Not 
> only because of his gripe with James Potter, but also because he 
knows 
> that Harry is not "the one."

KarentheUnicorn's Reply:

Ok so maybe it might not be new, this is probably the dumbest 
Idea/theory I've had, but I was thinking about why Professor Snape 
would hate Neville. Now, I'm not sure of the ages of the Longbottoms? 
Alice and Frank, there is no mention of there ages so, is not sure how 
well this theory holds up, but, I'll just toss it out and see what 
everyone thinks.

A lot of people have had theories that Snape is in love with Lily, ok, 
so, what if he was in love with someone else. What if Alice and Frank 
are the same ages as Lily and James, and were in school with that 
whole group? What if it was actually Alice he might have been in love 
with?

And she rejected him and maybe even humiliated him, after all he was 
supposed to be All deep into the dark arts at that time, and Alice and 
Frank became well respected Aurors, so I would think in school they 
might have been very against the DA's.
So, to me if something like that happened, I think Snape is the kind 
of person that doesn't take being humiliated lightly, Obviously from 
his grudge against James Potter. So, I guess you would say same theory 
different Girl (laughs)

My other Theory on why he hates sweet ol' Neville so much, maybe 
because perhaps, Neville may remind Snape of himself in school his 
first few years at Hogwarts, its possible at 11 years of age, Snape 
could have been very awkward, though we do have Sirius saying he knew 
more curses than a 7th year, but that doesn't mean he was good at 
every subject in school, and it also doesn't show how well he dealt 
with a school setting. Perhaps he is called Snivillus because...he 
cried and missed hims mum? 
"aww...poor Snivillus misses his mummy"
I think some have had the theory that Snivillus might mean that he was 
a snitch and kept following Jame's and his group around, but when I 
hear Snivil, I think of Crying...someone crying...but maybe thats just 
me..meh.

Meh, I'm just sorta pondering this out, perhaps Snape does not like to 
see weakness because he see's weakness in his own self, so if he see's 
it in others he can not stand it. I'm not sure if I have that theory 
figured right yet.
I was just reminded that, a lot of times I notice children argue with 
a parent who is very much like them more than they do with the parent 
they are less similar to....so I was just wondering if we have a case 
of him seeing himself in Harry and Neville, and wanting to surpress it 
by lashing out at what he sees.

Maybe Snape has a case of not liking himself, maybe secretly he wants 
to be a Griffendor? Maybe Secretly that is why he followed James, 
Sirius, and Lupin around, because he wanted to be like them and be 
accepted, but since he was a Slytherine and a little bit of a oddball, 
if he hung out with Griffendor's he would be humiliated by both groups.
So, maybe when he got in fights with James, he just learned to hate 
Griffendor because it was what he wanted...and maybe he doesn't even 
realize it...(laughs at own second wild theory)

Ok, thats enough of my crazy theories..meh, how'd I do? (hehe)

KarentheUnicorn