Snape and the Longbottoms

[msbeadsley]

No: HPFGUIDX 140369

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "delwynmarch" <delwynmarch at y...>
wrote:
> So I theorise that there's a very simple way to connect all those
> facts: Snape hated the Longbottoms, considered them even more
> dangerous than the Potters, and fully expected LV to think that the
> Prophecy applied to their kid. And just like he has with Harry, he's
> reported the hate he had for the Longbottoms on their kid.
> 
> Why Snape hated the Longbottoms is an open question, but there are
> many possibilities:
<snip a lot of IMO plausible stuff>

Actually, I like this, and I'd like to add another reason Snape might
loathe Neville. He was *supposed* to be dead, easy, peasy, Japanesy.
Just as Harry reminds Snape of James (and maybe Lily in a particularly
excruciating way, assuming LOLLIPOPS or similar sweet), Neville
reminds Snape of how very pear-shaped everything went at GH. One might
even further surmise that Neville's haplessness further exacerbates
Snape's teeth-gnashing over what happened; he's "the other boy who
lived," and even less worth saving (in Snape's opinion) than Harry.

On the other hand, looking at Neville may deepen his guilt; the kid is
not in very good shape, but if things had gone according to Snape's
assumptions, he'd be in a *tomb*. Interesting idea, Del!

Sandy aka msbeadsley