Snape kills V

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 135477

Janice wrote:
Do you think that Snape played both sides of the game for his own 
benefit? He's destroyed Dumbledor, he may be able to destroy V. by 
slyly "helping" Harry kill V. Harry would be oblivious to Snape's 
final purpose, i.e.: Snape wants to become the most powerful -- the 
new lord. Then Harry and Snape have to have it out.

vmonte responds:
I do think that this is possible. Snape would make a much more 
interesting villian than Riddle IMO. I've been posting for two years 
that there are definitely qualities in Snape that remind me of the 
character Iago from Othello. I posted over a year ago that I hated 
the idea of a prophecy because it implied that a person did not have 
control over their destiny. I remember saying that Voldemort would 
have done better for himself if he had not listened to the prophecy 
in the first place. In fact he probably would have conquered the WW 
by now. Instead, Voldemort became fixated on Harry.  

Then I also proposed the idea that perhaps the prophecy itself was a 
hoax. Voldemort and Dumbledore are considered to be the best wizards 
alive. If you didn't have the skill to get rid of them, how else 
could you do it? 

I would it the way Snape always does everything. He manipulates 
people with his words. THE PROPHECY!

Which DE was present when the prophecy was spoken? Which DE told 
Voldemort about the prophecy? And which DE then went back and told 
Dumbledore that he told Voldemort?  

Are we going to later find out that this same person told Voldemort  
not to kill Lily?  

And Trelawny's prophecy calls Voldemort "The Dark Lord."  Snape also 
calls Voldemort THE DARK LORD.

Vivian

mugglenet Interview:

JKR: Yes, definitely, because I think there's a line there between 
the moment in "Chamber of Secrets" when Dumbledore says so 
famously, `It's our choices that define us, not our abilities,' 
straight through to Dumbledore sitting in his office, saying to 
Harry, "the prophecy is significant only because you and Voldemort 
choose to make it so." If you both chose to walk away, you could both 
live! That's the bottom line. If both of them decided, "We're not 
playing," and walked away
 but, it's not going to happen, because as 
far as Voldemort's concerned, Harry's a threat. They must meet each 
other. 

ES: I remember thinking when I read "Order of the Phoenix," what 
would happen if Harry and Voldemort just decided to —

JKR: Shake hands, and walk away? We'll agree to disagree!

[Laughter.]

ES: What if he never heard the prophecy?

JKR: And that's it, isn't it. As I said, that's what I posted on my 
site -

ES: I'm glad you put that up.

JKR: It's the "Macbeth" idea. I absolutely adore "Macbeth." It is 
possibly my favorite Shakespeare play. And that's the question isn't 
it? If Macbeth hadn't met the witches, would he have killed Duncan? 
Would any of it have happened? Is it fated or did he make it happen? 
I believe he made it happen.