What would Snape have to do....

[princess_kat0907]

No: HPFGUIDX 138504

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "doddiemoemoe" 
<doddiemoemoe at y...> wrote:
> What would Snape have to do to redeem himself?
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> Now in my book it's nothing.
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> If Snape can dupe Voldemort...why not DD?!?!?
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EXACTLY!!
I think Snape is playing both sides.  He likes the biggest bully in 
the playground...Voldemort is on top, but the Order defeated him once 
before...
Dumbledore trusts Snape - and I'm sure he has good reason.
Voldemort trusts Snape - with good reasons too.
Snape is all about courage (as we see in the end of HBP), and what is 
more courageous (or stupid) than playing the middle-man between the 
most evil wizard in the world, and the boy who could destroy him.

Personally, I think Snape is a little annoyed that he hates Harry so 
much.  And he does.  With (perhaps a little silly) reason.  If he 
didn't hate Harry (because of James - remember, the Harry-Voldemort 
thing wasn't an issue when James and Severus were jinxing each other 
in the hallways) then he could play the part of the double spy even 
better.  Imagine how much power he'd have if Harry called him Uncle 
Sev?  I think this is one reason (among many, most of which are 
incompletet) Rowling has created the Harry vs Snape hatred... A 
loveable Snape would have too much power, especially over our hero 
(and who wants that?!)  We don't want to be betrayed by the good 
guys... something that has never happened in the Harry Potter world 
to date...

-Princess Kat (woops, two contributions in the same day? My anonymity 
just waltzed out the window...)