[HPforGrownups] Re: Something Suspicious about Severus (was :Requiescat in Pace, My Dark Phoenix)

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 151472


>  > Betsy Hp:
> <snip>
>  > Snape scares them.  That's the bottom line.  He's tight enough with
>  > Voldemort, smart enough in his own right, and really, really
>  > powerful.  He's the man in charge.  And these folks, especially
>  > (being not all that bright) are not going to challenge him.  Not to
>  > his face, anyway.
> 
> Rebecca:
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> Well, let's try looking at how Narcissa treated Snape.  Now, I know she's
> not confirmed DE (JKR hasn't explicitly said ), but it's still telling:
> 
> "When Snape said nothing, Narcissa seemed to lose what little self-restraint
> she still possessed. Standing up, she staggered to Snape and seized the
> front of his robes. Her face close to his, her tears falling onto his chest,
> she gasped, "You could do it. You could do it instead of Draco, Severus. You
> would succeed, of course you would, and he would reward you beyond all of
> us -""
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>  >> >>Najwa:


> Rebecca:
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> Furious, not "cowed". You might be right, Betsy, Snape might be a master at
> fighting werewolves,  and if that's the case he never really fought Lupin as
> a werewolf that night in PoA, did he? What's that say, I wonder...
> Rebecca

KJ writes:

    If I might add to this discussion, I think that it is interesting 
that throughout the books, we see more of Snape's skills and talents. I 
think that we are meant to understand that he is a powerful and 
respected wizard among the DE. He inspires fear and respect in them, and 
he is obviously looked to as someone to obey implicitly. Could it be 
that Snape, who so desires respect and position and power, to the extent 
that he became a DE, has chosen to give it all up to fight for the 
Order? This does actually have a feel that JKR might be going for. 
Perhaps that is what makes him so bitter. Maybe that is why Dumbledore 
trusts him. Snape has all he ever wanted and has found it to be ashes. 
Dumbledore knows that there is nothing more to tempt him.
KJ