Snape really IS evil... NOT!

[Schumar1999]

No: HPFGUIDX 134218

Julie: 
> I really hope there's a "more than meets the eye" explanation for D'dore's death 
and 
> Snape's behavior -- because the overt explanation (all is as it seems) is extremely 
boring 
> writing. This in fact, to me, is probably the single strongest argument FOR "more than 
> meets the eye."
> 
> I hope I'm not wrong.
> 

Schumar: I too hope you're not wrong. Not only would "all is as it seems" be "boring"... but 
it doesn't fit with JKR underlying themes of making choices and choosing love. I don't 
think ANY of the death eaters would have believed Snape could kill DD with anything other 
than Avada Kedavra, and I am satisfied believing that Dumbledore and Snape had this all 
planned out.

Plus... if Snape wasn't on Dumbledore's side all along, he would not have cared who else 
got killed for him to kill Dumbledore/ protect Draco. If Snape really WAS evil...  Flitwick 
would have died, Hermione and Luna would have died, he wouldn't have stopped others 
from torturing Harry, etc. I still don't believe that anyone other than DD, Harry, Hermione 
and Ron know what the prophecy said completely (because Snape didn't hear the whole 
thing...) so if he really was evil and meaning his reason for stopping the death eater from 
using crucio on Harry, then I think he would have grabbed Harry along with Draco and 
delivered him to Voldemort himself. Without Dumbledore, and with those who allowed him 
to go past with Draco still thinking Snape is on their side, no one would have stopped him. 

Before I got to the end, I did wonder if Dumbledore was wrong about Snape because, as he 
said, being cleverer than most men his mistakes tend to be more catastrophic. This might 
be a clever ruse to get us to doubt Snape and think Dumbledore's trust was misplaced... 
but I stand by all the reasons I have stated in other posts that lead me to believe Snape is 
still on the side of the Order. 

Marianne S.