[HPforGrownups] The Case Against Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 133046

inkling108 wrote:
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>Okay, I said I would keep it brief.  Those who disagree, please  
>make your arguments.  Explain how Snape could have used the AV curse 
>without truly hating Dumbledore.
>

Jemima:
Because he truly hates Voldemort and in that moment where he had to kill 
Dumbledore, as had been previously arranged, as Dumbledore just 
requested in case Snape was having a momentary doubt, that hatred for 
everything Voldemort stands for, for all Voldemort has done and has made 
people do and is now forcing Snape's hand to do in order to keep Harry 
alive, this hatred spewed forth, suffused Snape's entire being and we in 
the audience and Harry as bystanders misread what is going on beneath 
the surface.

inkling108:
>  Explain who else would have turned 
>Mrs. Roberts upside down.  Explain why he has tormented Neville over 
>the years when there was nothing to be gained from it but a sick 
>pleasure in watching his squirm.  Explain how someone who revels in 
>that kind of pleasure could be anything other than a Death Eater at 
>heart.  Your witness, counsel.
>

Jemima:
That's such a good argument!

I have no clue who turned Mrs. Roberts upside down.  Could have been 
Barty Crouch Jr. for all I know.

Snape doesn't have good people skills, tis true, but in his own clumsy 
way has been trying to toughen up these boys for the fight he knew was 
coming from the beginning and he was successful.  Neville fought along 
side the others at the ministry as well as any of them.

Jemima