ESE Snape and DADA

[catjaneway]

No: HPFGUIDX 133584

bbkkyy55 wrote:
> Sorry if this has been noticed, but... I'm a ESE Snape fan and am 
> rereading.  When Hagrid is talking about the argument he overheard 
> between Snape and DD he says:
> 
> "Well_ I jus' heard Snape sayin' Dumbledore took too much fer 
granted 
> an' maybe he - Snape - didn' wan' ter do it anymore-"
> 
> 
> Notice the word ANYMORE.  DD was asking Snape to do something 
Snape 
> had done before.  Snape had never offed DD before.  They must have 
> been talking about Snape's spywork or something.  DD wanted Snape 
to 
> make investigations in the Slytherin House to see where the cursed 
> necklace and poisened mead may have come from.
> 
> Sorry fans, but IMHO Snape is rotten to the core.
> 

Janeway:  
I'm with you... this was definitely a betrayal. DD may have had a 
plan, but IMO it wasn't for Snape to kill him. (Of course, this sets 
Snape up in book 7 for a big bangy redemption when he looks into 
Harry's eyes and sees Lilly looking back.... but that's another 
post.)

What do we know that Snape is "doing" that he might not want to do 
anymore? He is purportedly spying on LV. He is keeping watch over 
Malfoy. He is (or has been) providing treatment for DD after his 
mission(s) to destroy horcrux(es).  He may be participating in some 
other way in a plan of DD's (such as helping to find the Horcruxes, 
or requiring SS to kill DD). He is acting as head of Slytherin. He 
is teaching DADA. It could be any of these things. (Any other's I've 
missed?)

My theory on what Snape doesn't want to do anymore is... teach DADA. 
DD and Snape both know the position is cursed/limited to one year. 
Snape initially agreed to take the risk (why?), but he is beginning 
to realize that things are not going well for him. (He has taken the 
unbreakable vow, now he's realizing he isn't able to control Malfoy 
as he thought he would... he may have to reveal his true loyalties 
and kill DD himself). So now he's trying to back out, and DD 
won't let him. 

Just my two knuts :-) 

Janeway