[HPforGrownups] What's in a name? (Re: CHAPDisc - Spinner's End)

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 142564

Goddlefrood wrote:
> JKR has quite often made plays on words and if I am correct then the 
> chapter title is a large clue as to Snape's allegiance. It means the 
> end of the spin that Snape is good. Whether this means he is truly 
> ESE!Snape or LANO!Snape I have yet to fully determine, so it will be 
> back to the books and interviews again for possible expansion.

Bart (should I say that next contains spoilers, or is that kind of given?):
OK, now the fact I've just started reading this list is going to come 
into play. What I'm about to suggest may have been gone over a few 
hundred times, so bear with me if it has. In any case, I am using 
inductive logic here; I am looking at the results, and trying to see the 
pieces that caused them. First of all, when Snape explains his behavior 
to Mrs. Black, there is one important action that he has performed which 
remains unexplained: His tipping off of the Order of the Phoenix to the 
raid on the Ministry. The inability of Dumbledore to get his hand healed 
implies that he was dead or dying anyway. In any case, I am among the 
ones who believes that Snape killed Dumbledore at Dumbledore's request. 
Snapes sniping at Harry might be considered gloating, but, if there was 
a purpose behind it, there were two:

1) To convince Harry that Snape is loyal to Voldemort, so that Voldemort 
cannot find out otherwise from breaking into Harry's mind.

2) To FINALLY convince Harry that he needs to develop his Occlumancy 
skills.

Now, given this, and all of Snapes' known behavior (including his 
helping/hating relationship with Harry), instead of looking to clues of 
what did cause it, I've tried to figure out what COULD cause it, and 
came to a conclusion:

Snape was in love with Lily Potter.

What do you all think about this? Or has it been brought up a time or 
dozen before, and thoroughly debunked?

	Bart