Does Snape hate Dumbledore? WAS: Re: Faked death or faked AK?

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Alla:

> Hmmm, we certainly saw signs in PoA that Snape resents Dumbledore, 
> IMO. You know " his only hope is that Dumbledore would not 
> interfere", " you have not forgotten Headmaster that he tried to
>kill ME"  and "my memory is  as good as ever" 

houyhnhnm:

This as good a place as any, I think, to confess my theory about
Snape, Dumbledore, and father-love.

Snape's mastery of occlumency is based in large part on the fact that
he is a feeling arranger of the first water.  He has no friends at
Hogwarts.  He always addresses his colleagues by their titles (except
when he is PO'ed and calls them by their last names only)  He calls
Dumbledore "Headmaster".  He never stays for supper at Grimmauld
Place.  He cultivates (yes, I believe it is calculated and deliberate)
a mutual hatred between himself and Harry. In short, he makes sure
that he *has* no feelings which he would need to hide from Voldemort.

His relationship with Dumbledore is no exception. Snape *does* feel
resentment toward Dumbledore. His is a nature which cherishes
resentments--his culpability.  He also respects him as a wizard and is
dutiful towards him as an employer.  These are feelings which he does
not need to hide from Voldemort.  ("Dumbledore has been a great wizard
... the Dark Lord acknowledges it")

But, I believe that, unknown to himself, Snape has another feeling
towards Dumbledore.  The evidence for this is indirect.  We know that
Snape is subtle.  His mind is a "complex and many-layered thing".  He
is an intellectual.  He lives in a house full of books.  Voldemort, on
the other hand, is "crude".  He's a braggart.  His Death Eaters, far
from exemplifying purity and ennobling the name of Wizard, are nothing
more than a band of thugs, just like the Marauders only worse.

I think this plays a large part in causing Snape to turn away from
Voldemort and towards Dumbledore.  And this is how it goes for 14 odd
years.  But underneath, all along, is the desire to love and be loved
by Dumbledore as a father.  Even back when Snape was a student at
Hogwarts there must have been something which caused him to promise to
keep Lupin's secret when he himself was the injured party. Snape
represses this feeling, as he represses all other feelings, until the
last year.  From the time Dumbledore flees from Fudge, he becomes
increasingly dependent on Snape, until, finally Snape's ministrations
save his life.  I believe it is at this time, when he is nursing
Dumbledore back to health, that Snape's defense mechanisms fail.  He
realizes that he loves Dumbledore, Voldemort extracts that
realization, and the trap is sprung.