The Ultimate Snape Theory

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> So in order to save himself, Snape goes to James and tries to warn 
> him, but James doesn't believe him.  Maybe then  Snape tricks LV by 
> suggest to LV that the *really* evil thing to do would be to allow 
> the parents to live so that they would suffer day in and day out 
> because of the lost of their child.  And LV being the nasty EVIL 
> dude that he is, agrees.  

Gerry

OK, still trying and trying and trying to keep up, but its hard with
an almost four weeks old. Quite often my fingers itched but having
only one hand to type (other holding little daughter) and knowing that
probably my comments will be completely redundant I refrained from
posting up til now. As I saw there was no reaction to this post and
the little one is sleeping I grabbed my chance:

LV is not evil in the sense that he likes to do evil deeds: he goes
for gain. Having parents suffer because they suffer is not what makes
him tick. There is no gain for him in it. In PS his mindset is given
beautifully by Quirrel, who tells Harry that LV has made him
understand that there is no good or evil, but only those with power
and those who are powerless. I am, just as lots of others very curious
why Lily did not have to die (and James did, apparently) but I'm sure
the reason for it was one that was beneficial in one way or another
for LV himself. What I find especially interesting about it, is that
Lily is muggleborn and therefore the kind of witch the DE's despise...

I really liked the rest of your post.  

Gerry