[HPforGrownups] Re: OFH! Snape again. WAS: Straightforward readings?

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 140781

And finally, why does a Snape who is so willing and able to flip 
sides at a moment's notice, tie himself down with the Unbreakable 
Vow?  I'm not sure where the Vow fits into an OFH! read on Snape's 
character.

To my mind (for what it's worth <g>) the most straightforward read of 
Snape's character, the one with the least plot holes, is DDM!Snape.

Betsy Hp    



Sherry now:

I admit I haven't thought my ideas on OFH Snape out to their fullest yet, so
I can't give you a good answer for all your questions.  But personally, to
my mind, the unbreakable vow is the greatest evidence against DDM Snape.
Either that, or it's evidence of damn fool Snape, which would negate his
supposed intelligence and brilliance as a spy.  As someone pointed out weeks
ago, if he knew the elements of the vow and is supposedly DDM, why on earth
did he go through with it?  I don't buy to save Draco or anything else.  It
was just stupid to do it, if he didn't know what Draco's task would be, as
he implied he did.  Any good lawyer would say never ask a question if you
don't know what the answer is, or you might open the door to something you
didn't want to come out!  Same with that vow.  If Snape didn't know what
Draco's assignment was, then he was an idiot to have agreed to it.  If he
did know, then he is no more DDM than my dog is!  Or, ok, to keep it in the
Potter world, if he knew Draco's task, then he is no more DDM than Grayback.


So, to my mind, the most straight forward reading of the unbreakable vow
fiasco is that Snape is either a fool or evil.  

Sherry