Pulling together an OFH!ESG!DD'sMan!Snape theory..

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 138258



Valky, still meandering back and forth about the Snape camps, suddenly
looks as though she has been struck with a bolt of lightning. She
points her wand at each of the camps one after the other.. 
"Superspy..ESG..DD'sman..ESE..OFH.." she mutters to herself. 
"AHA! There *is* one missing!" she says finally in a loud voice,
"we've covered every angle but this one.." 
In a small space off to one side of the camps Valky sits down and
raises herself a flag. 

"Yes that is correct.. I said OFH!ESG!DD'sMan.. and I think it can be
well enough established to start, with a few canon points.."

1. The Shrieking Shack:
Snape goes to the Shrieking Shack, after he has seen Sirius Black with
Harry and Lupin on the MMap. Why? Because he would just *love* revenge
on Sirius.. ? No that's just a bonus. Because it would be Oh so
perfectly poetic for him to catch Lupin too with Sirius and prove to
DD that he was right about Lupin being untrustworthy? Well yeah a
little bit of that but thats not it either. How about, he wants that
darn Order of Merlin. I think we are getting somewhere... How about
he's got a powerful thirst to prove himself.. and saving that stupid
Potter boy for the WW catching Sirius Black and his accomplices..
being the one who caught them.. mmm mmm would that taste like heaven
to Severus Snape? 

2. Draco: "Snape is just after my Glory"
I beg to differ Draco, Snape doesn't want *your* glory, he wants *the*
Glory the respect of all under Wizarddom. Proving himself to
Voldemort.. he's done that, I think, and he's not satisfied. Believe
me Draco, a pat on the head from the lowest form of evil in the world
cannot suffice. But saving you, that's another matter all together.
Dumbledore tells Draco that Snape was acting under his orders. Draco
replies No he wasn't you old fool he promised my mother, he made a UV
he told me that.. And Dumbledore answers Of course he would tell you
that, but... then we are cut off, and left hanging in suspense as to
how misplaced DD's trust really was. What's for certain tht we can
gther is that Snape did take the UV, and he did try to find out what
Draco was up to, and in the end he did protect Draco from Voldemort by
finishing the job on Dumbledore. How much of a hand DD had in this is
pure speculation really, but Snapes hand.. tied from the word go by
the coils of the snake, but he did what he could do to protect Draco.
This is what DD had ordered him to do, in any case.

3. The Prophecy.
I have to give credit to the HPFGU member who reminded me of these
words from Dumbledore. The only two people who know the entire
contents of the prophecy are Harry and Dumbledore. Snape knows only
the first couple of lines. which are : the one with the power to
defeat the dark Lord approaches.... born as the seventh month dies...
born to those who have thrice defied him...
The rest includes the words... and either must die by the hand of the
other... for neither can live while the other survives...

The words Snape does know tells him that there is a power in Harry,
(or Neville) that can defeat the Dark Lord. The part he doesn't know
says pretty plainly that the power is really only of any use to Harry
thanks to all the things Voldemort has done to him. 
But Snape can act on the part he does know, he could choose to if he
wants. And I think he does. I have said it before and I will say it
again now.. I might be alone on this but Snape is *Studying Harry* in
HBP. Snape doesn't study mediocre things, only things that he doesn't
know himself. 

So here are the premises for OFH!ESG!DD'sMan!Snape.

1. Snape knows that Harry has *the magical power*  to defeat the Dark
Lord, and only this.
2. Snape wants to be a hero, prove himself, and win an Order of Merlin
(as per POA and Draco's comment about him being a Glory Hunter).
3. Snape is acting on what he knows of the prophecy, he's learned how
to use the power in Harry, or at least has tried to learn it. (not the
blood power the other one the "I'll be with Sirius again" one).

In here I have done my best to set up the house of cards that says
Snape respected and was loyal to DD, he always wanted to be the great
hero himself and this is why DD trusts him, and he's actively pursuing
Harry's destiny but only because he's Out For Himself ! Ever So Good
in fact. you all may proceed knocking it down if you wish.. 


Valky
Remembering, Cedric Diggory



PS. As for Snape killing DD, it follows somewhat from here that DD did
give Snape an order to kill him, and he just followed it. It has to do
with Dumbeldore's motives not Snapes so its out of the equation.