Petunia mystery (new idea?)

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 135594

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "adrieneamadis"
<adrieneamadis at c...> wrote:
> Colebiancardi wrote:
> > I prefer the Regulus Theory that was the reason why Snape turned. 
> 
> Oooooh! What is the Regulus Theory? I haven't heard that one yet.
> 
well, I posted it a couple of days back and only 3, count 'em, 3
people responded :) I will post the main link here and you can follow
the responses.  Let me know what you think....this is my 3rd post of
the day, so I may not be able to respond today but I will tomorrow.  

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/135011

there is one comment that didn't make it on that thread, as I renamed
it "Is Regulus the reason?" and it got lost -
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/135391

I must admit, it was one of my more brilliant ideas :)  If you follow
the thread, you will notice that I added a fourth option in, in case
Regulus is still alive.


> >It at, least, demostrates that
> > Snape isn't just a love-sick fool, which just isn't in his nature - 
> > which is why I reject the Snape/Lily theory. And anyways, isn't 15 
> > years long enough for him to get over this?
> 
> I agree. I don't like the idea of lovesick Snape either. Which is why 
> I've been so averse to the "Snape loves Lily" theory so far. I don't 
> actaully believe Snape loves Lily, but that he might have once 
> admired her, maybe kind of liked her romantically, but felt he was 
> made a fool of when she started dating James. So what if Snape isn't 
> lovesick as much as he is bitter? Might he be upset that he once had 
> feelings for her? Bitter that she fell for James? Constantly reminded 
> of James and her everytime he looks at Harry? Not in the 
> schmoopy "Aww, Lily" way, but in a "I'm alone and bitter and don't 
> want to be reminded of the past" way. 
> 
> Adrienne.


If Rowling goes down that route, I will be disappointed.  That whole
theme, in my very humble opinion, is one that belongs in a
bodice-ripper novel.  Let's not forget, these are supposed to be
children's novels, and I expect they will all go "EWWWWWWW" if that is
the reason.  I expect much better reasons why Snape really did turn. 
Even the bitter reason is hard to swallow(for me *smiles*) I would
think that if Snape is Good!Snape, of course he would feel remorse &
regret for James and Lily's deaths - afterall, he was the one who told
Voldemort the prophecy in the first place.  His actions led to their
deaths and if they were all on the same team, well, there you go.   I
would feel remorse & regret as well.
  

colebiancardi
(who does not like to put people into relationships where there are none)