Is Regulus the reason? also timeline....

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 135368

Jo wrote:

So timeline is:

Snape overhears prophecy
Tells Voldy
Voldy needs to identify who is prophecy boy
Something happens to Snape/Voldy dynamic which makes DETraitor!Snape
Snape joins DD becomes double agent
Voldy sends Snape to find info on babies at Hogwarts (possibly at
Snape's suggestion)
Snape fails to get info from Hogwarts citing DD mistrust as reason
Voldy sends in Wormtail to get info, he is successful
Snape learns of Voldy update, tips off DD
Secret keeper made
Secret keeper blabs
Snape goes to GH to warn Potters but James doesn't believe him
('You'd have died like your father, too arrogant to believe you
might be mistaken in Black' Snape in POA)
Harry + Voldy = Vapour!Mort
Snape remains at Hogwarts
Voldy reborn
Snape pays a visit and has a lot of explaining to do, but he is
skilled in Occlumency and there's an antidote to Veritaserum. So he
could pull it off. Snape reactivated as double agent.

colebiancardi back again:

Great timeline – I have always thought that the 16 years that Snape 
refers to as "his post" was his mission of spying for LV – not his 
post as a Professor at Hogwarts.  As OotP clearly states, Snape has 
only been a Professor for 14 years.   I believe that Snape began 
spying for LV right before the prophecy was told
that would fit – 
that is 16 years.

Carol wrote:

In any case, regardless of Lily's skill level, which must have been at
least E-level for her to be in NEWT Potions (which she certainly would
have had with Severus because the students from all houses who reach
NEWT level have it together), I think it's unlikely that this
particular Slytherin would be the partner of any Gryffindor. He may
even have worked alone, given the failure of any members of his
Slytherin gang to come to his defense in the Pensieve scene. (On a
side note, we know that Bellatrix is about three years older than
Severus and probably most the members of the "Slytherin gang" were
also older. Lucius Malfoy, who was probably the original leader, is
six years older. So Severus, whom we see becoming increasingly bitter
and angry in his potions textbook, reaching the point of creating a
Dark spell "for enemies" near the end of the year, seems to be
developing into a loner rather than the petted prodigy he must have
been when he was part of a gang of older Slytherins.

Colebiancardi again:

Good analysis, Carol.  I agree with the exception of one detail – 
there was a Slytherin in the house with Snape during his school 
years – Regulus Black(is he our RAB?).  I wrote a HUGE theory on 
Regulus and Snape and why that may the reason why Snape turned 
sometime in 1980-1981 to Dumbledore.  I am troubled by DD's words in 
the tower – they cannot kill you if you are already dead – words to 
Draco, to protect him.  Is that what happened to Regulus?  If you are 
interested, I am posting the link here – I would love thoughts & 
opinions.  Only one person has really responded.  I guess it gets 
covered up by the H/G & Hr/R shipping stuff :)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/135111

it is too long a theory to repost and I don't want to spam ..  All 
opinions, thoughts are HIGHLY appreciated
.


colebiancardi
(wishing people would respond, either positively or negatively, 
doesn't matter at this point!!)