How extraordinarily like your father you are, Potter...

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 138523

Sorry for that last post, accidentally hit send :)

Irene: 
> In his talks with Bella and Narcissa, Snape mentions
> something like "at first I've suspected that Harry can
> become the next Voldemort". What if it's true, does
> this explanation fit the facts?
<snipped reasons Snape might have thought Harry the next Dark Lord>
> Yes, anyone who has an insider view on Harry's motives
> would see how very different he is from Tom Riddle,
> but for an outsider it can all very convincingly look
> like another Dark Lord in making.

Jen: I find your reasons convincing Irene, but not Snape's tale. 
First, no one in the room can refute his statement that 'many 
followers' thought Harry might be the new Dark Lord. Bella was in 
Azkaban, Narcissa is not a DE, and Peter was a rat. And the minute 
Harry was sorted into Gryffindor like the despised James, I suspect 
Snape gave up on him as another waste of a person like his father (but 
that's not to say other people in the WW saw the things you pointed 
out about Harry and wondered).

Actually, I was completely surprised Snape said that. Isn't that what 
Voldemort fears most? His followers rounding around another Dark Lord 
leaving him as yesterday's news?  It's not like he'd be grateful 
someone came along to further the cause in his absence. And to tell 
Bella that, of all people, who is looking for something to hang Snape 
with!

I'm becoming more and more convinced LV did *not* find Snape's story 
satisfactory upon his return. This Unbreakable was his test set by LV, 
ably coerced into by Narcissa, and Snape walked right into it. JKR 
said Voldemort uses his henchman to do his dirty work and that's all 
Snape is to him.

Jen