PoA - Snape knew?/Who is the real dark character in the series?

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No: HPFGUIDX 143474

> >Whiz:
 Ohyes! Lots of ideas. Snape is amazing! But in a nutshell, I 
> >think
> >Snape confunded Trelawney to produce both of her "prophesies" that 
> >his main
> >motive is to destroy the marauders as well as both Dumbledore and 
> >Voldemort and
> >return the control of the magical world to purebloods, as 
Slytherin 
> >desired
> 
> Orna:
> So you mean to say, that the real dark character of the books is 
> Snape?
> 
> Interesting theory. I find it hard to believe, that the motivating 
> force of all these books turns out to be some teenagers grudge – to 
> get rid of the marauders, don't you think so?

Alla:

Personally, I could never understand the argument that if it turns 
out that Snape did all those bad things, which we speculate he did, 
it means that Snape is the real dark character of the series and 
Voldie will fade into background, therefore it is impossible that 
Snape did all those things.

I apologise if I misunderstood you and you meant something different 
here.

But in case I understood you correctly, JKR remarked that she writes 
about different kinds of evil, therefore I am not sure what will stop 
Snape from being one of those kinds.

I am of the opinion that Snape will turn out to be " the everyday 
evil" type, but to me it is quite a possibility that dear Severus 
will aim much higher than that.

As to the "getting rid of marauders" being the driving force of the 
books, I think that there are some very significant hints that Snape 
getting rid of Marauders for good is ALREADY one of the driving 
forces behind major events. Not the only one and probably not the 
most important, but to me it absolutely could be there.

Let's see. We know that Snape told Voldemort about first part of the 
Prophecy. He may have tried to save the Potters of course, or not.

We know that Snape threatened to feed Sirius and Lupin to Dementors. 
Of course one can say that he would not have done it,ever, but I 
speculate that the only reason that he did not do it in the forest 
was because he wanted to be recognised for capturing them.

We know that Snape let it slip about Remus' condition. Of course it 
is possible that he was concerned about safety of his students, but I 
think that it is just as reasonable to assume that the only thing he 
was concerned about was to make poor Remus leave his first paying job 
in years. Maybe Snape was hoping he would starve to death or 
something like that?

Oh, and of course we have Snape telling Bella that he played a role 
in Sirius' death. Now, we know that Kreacher went to Malfoys, but as 
far as I remember there is nothing in canon which stops me from 
speculating that Snape gave the information to Voldemort about 
special bond between Harry and Sirius thus making Voldemort decide 
that the person he should lure Harry with would be Sirius OR that 
Snape went to Malfoys too with the same information Kreacher did, 
just in case  you know. :-)

Of course I am speculating  here, but I think those are canonbased 
speculations. I think it is very reasonable that JKR may show how 
destructive teenager grudges could be and how it may turn the person, 
who cannot let go into the true evil.

JMO,

Alla