Draco, Snape and Others: Castles in the air?

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No: HPFGUIDX 124821


>  Lupinlore:
> I agree that Snape is more mysterious than Neville.  But I agree with
> Nora on this one, it is because of missing pieces, not because of
> inherent byzantine reversals of character we are going to discover. 
> I'm not at all sure I'd agree with you that we are missing all that
> much or that most of what we have is a puzzle.  We know pretty well
that:
> 
> 1) Snape is a nasty, bitter man
> 2) Snape hated Harry's father
> 3) Snape hates Harry at least in large part BECAUSE he hated Harry's
> father and James humiliated/tormented him
> 4) Snape was a DE
> 5) Snape left the DEs and is working with Dumbledore
> 6) He told DD his story and DD believes him and trusts him
> 7) Snape saved Harry's life, after which Quirrel told Harry that "Oh
> my yes, he hates you, but not enough to want you dead"
> 8) Snape has "latent good qualities" but he is also a deeply horrible
> man who bears watching
> 
> We're missing the story Snape told DD, which should explain why he
> left the DEs and why DD trusts him.  We are also missing Snape's
> present intentions (i.e. how loyal he is to DD and how much his view
> is skewed by his hatred of James/Harry).  Those two pieces of info and
> we've pretty much got Severus down pat.
> 

Neri:
OK, lets call this theory of yours simple!Snape (unless you have a
more cool name, an acronym or so. It is the right of the originator to
choose the name for his theory). You say this theory misses only two
puzzle pieces. Now lets have a tiny hypothetical exercise: I let you
choose these two missing pieces any way you want to. Just invent
whatever you think would work. Put your two pieces of puzzle into
place and answer these questions:

1. Why DID Snape desert Voldy?

2. Why does DD trust Snape to teach Potions but not DADA? 

3. Why does Snape show his Dark Mark to Fudge in the end of GoF?

4. Why is he ready to take a mission that, from his and DD's manner,
is extremely dangerous? We are talking about a very nasty and bitter
man, remember? And DD gives him a choice in the matter.

5. Why does Snape make "a sudden movement" when Harry tells Fudge that
Lucius Malfoy is a DE?

6. In OotP both Sirius and Umbridge hint that Snape is in good terms
with Lucius. Why does Lucius like Snape when Voldy seems to have made
Snape a persona non grata?
 
7. Did Voldy agree to take Snape back? Why?

8. Why does DD pick Snape, of all people, to teach Harry Occlumency
when he knows about Snape hatred to James and Harry, and he still
doesn't trust Snape to teach DADA?

9. Why is Snape so emotional when he tells Harry in Occlumency that
"those who carry their hearts on their sleeves stand no chance against
the Dark Lord"?  

10. Why is Snape, after 20 years, still so emotional about some school
grudges?    

11. JKR promised us a big revelation about Snape in Book 7. What would
it be?


If simple!Snape misses only two puzzle pieces, surely you can suggest
two pieces that explain all the above. I don't require them to be the
TRUE pieces, only that they'll answer the questions reasonably well.
If you can't find such two pieces, why is it so difficult? 

Neri