TBAY: Definitely NOT a Snape Theory (long)

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Pippin
<SNIP>
> With a little encouragement from Harry, 'Snape gave information to 
> Voldemort that turned out to concern the Potters' has morphed into 
> 'Snape got the Potters killed'  in the minds of some. But the 
prophecy
> says 'those who have thrice defied him.' That would hardly put 
Lily and James
> on Voldemort's fluffy bunny list. It seems to me Snape
> had an easy cop-out. He could have said, "The Dark Lord would get
> around to killing them anyway -- *I* didn't have anything to do 
with it."
> <SNIP>

Alla:

Yeah, Snape could have said that, Snape says many things, which I 
personally find quite unconscionable, but could you point me to 
canon which proves it, namely that without knowing the prophecy 
Voldemort would get around to killing them anyway?

Do we KNOW that "thrice defied him" occurred before the Prophecy, 
not after it? I mean, it is likely that Lily and James were on  the 
hit list as members of the Order, but there are hit lists and there 
are hit lists, IMO. It seems to me that after learning about the 
Prophecy, Voldemort placed Potters on very SPECIAL hit list. IMO of 
course.

So, I am sorry, Pippin, but I don't see an easy cop out for dear 
Severus at all.

IMO of course,

Alla