Snape's prophecy

[curlyhornedsnorkack]

No: HPFGUIDX 122531


In message 119148, I buried the following theory, and I'm bringing it
up now because I think it might be helpful in several Snape threads
now running. 

If Snape was hoping to be the "Hero Who Vanquishes the Dark Lord", but
 learned of the OOTP prophecy before Harry came to Hogwarts, Snape
could be jealous of Harry and Neville Longbottom for being the
foretold Hero(s). It could explain the extra animosity he seems to
have for Harry and Neville.

 (As far as I can tell, recently we came very close to discussing
whether Snape knew about the OOTP prophecy, but haven't discussed how
such knowledge could explain his actions.) 

Perhaps we'll learn something in the future about a prophecy for
Snape, one deeply unsatisfying to him, in which he learns he'll be the
man who helps the man who gets rid of Voldemort. In other words, he'll
always be playing second fiddle. (This was part of 119148 as well.)

"curlyhornedsnorkack"