SWAN, was Re: Draco, Snape, and Voldemort, oh my...

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 124887


>Neri's excellent questions:

>Q. Why did Snape join Bella's gang when in the pensieve scene
he was a loner?

>Pippin: He was crazy about her sister, Cissy...

vmonte now: "What better way to get some practice using those Dark
Arts skills I have. Besides, no better career offers came along."

>Q. Why DID Snape desert Voldy?

>Pippin: ...but he knew she could only marry a pure blood wizard.
Snape looked up to and idolized the purebloods. He was easily
recruited to the Dark Lord's camp....He went to the Black family and
asked for Narcissa's hand. They laughed in his face, of course. Snape
realized it wasn't about blood at all, it was about money and power
and the old boy network, and it always had been. Thoroughly
disillusioned, Snape defected. He swore vengeance on Voldemort who
had cynically used him (and whom he now learned wasn't even a
pureblood blood) and on all the Blacks but one.

vmonte: "He called me a greasy gitt once and laughed at my flying
skills so I have made it my mission to destroy him."

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

Pippin: Snape still has some vampish habits. DD knows that if Snape
is teaching about vampires, somebody will put two and two
together.

vmonte:
"I have an affinity for the game Russian Roulette, but with wands."

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

>Pippin: When Harry announces that Lucius is a DE, Snape is for a
moment hopeful that Lucius will be sent to Azkaban and Narcissa will
be free. Showing the mark was a last desperate attempt to convince
Fudge.

vmonte: "Anything to get that annoying man away from me. Besides, he
kept spitting in my face."

>Q. 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.

>Pippin: Revenge is very sweet.

vmonte: "I loathe dressing up like that insufferable Longbottom
grandmother just so that I can spy on uncle Algie."

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

>Pippin: see 3 above.

vmonte: "What?! I had to go to the bathroom! Go ahead, kill me for
almost walking away from that insufferable chat."

>Q. 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?

>Pippin: See 1 above

vmonte: "He has a thing for old ladies that wear vultures on their
heads."

>Q. Did Voldy agree to take Snape back? Why?

>Pippin: Voldemort thinks anyone who hates Lucius and has an in with
Dumbledore is still useful

vmonte: "He has a thing for old ladies that wear vultures on their 
heads."

>Q. 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?

>Pippin. See 1 and 2 above

vmonte: "He made me promise not to play Russian Roulette. Besides,
Dumbledore is still embarassed about being caught with Minerva in the
girls bathroom at the Christmas party 5 years ago."

>Q. 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"?

>Pippin: See 0 and 1 above

vmonte: "How would you feel if you told someone your darkest fears
and desires and they completely dismissed you by saying: 'You think
you had it bad...' I mean come on, could he be more self-centered?!"

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

>Pippin: See above. He really hates the Blacks. Won't eat in their
house. He *told* James not to trust Sirius. James didn't listen,
just like Harry doesn't listen now...

vmonte: "What grudge?"

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

>Pippin: Being half vampire and the key to Voldemort's immortality.
The switching spell will have to be reversed before Voldie can
die.

vmonte: "I wear queensize pantyhose."

>Q. Why does Snape like Draco?

>Pippin: He thinks of him as the son who should have been his.

vmonte: "He makes a great Earl Grey/Rosehips blended tea."

>Q. How did Voldemort survive Godric's Hollow, and how did Dumbledore
*know* he would survive?

>Pippin: When he defected, Snape told Dumbledore about the
switching spell, and Dumbledore, with his knowledge of
transfiguration, realized that Voldemort would be able to survive
an AK. (The Ministry has specially trained vampire slayers, which
suggests that an ordinary AK won't do it.)

vmonte: "I put a stopper on his death, silly."


Vivian, who really loved Pippin's SWAN theory!