Something Suspicious about Severus (was :Requiescat in Pace, My Dark Phoenix)

[sridharj_ap]

No: HPFGUIDX 151481

> KJ writes:

>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.

My first post and it is on one of my favourite characters - Snape. I 
offer the following theory:

Snape joined the Death Eaters because he saw his Muggle father 
beating up his mother and hated his father for it. He saw 
Voldemort's "pure-blood" ideas appealing to the revengeful part of 
his heart and joined the DEs. Lily defended him in the Prank and 
there might have been more such instances. Snape might have also been 
with Voldemort on the night Lily was killed. He saw the power of Love 
and also the lengths Voldemort would go gain mastery over death. This 
knowledge Voldemort would never share with anyone. So, what would 
Snape be left with: A superior servant till the end of his life! and 
for what? For killing and torturing people so that his master should 
live?

Lily's sacrifice must have changed Snape and he repents. To prove his 
worth, he offers to remain in the Voldemort camp and spy. As to some 
questions on why he is still passing some information to Voldemort, 
what do you expect a double agent to do? Voldemort would definitely 
become suspicious about Snape if no information was being sent to 
him. So between Dumbledore and Snape, selectively filtered 
information is sent to Voldemort.

Now, the Malfoy question. There is a different theory on whether 
Dumbledore has really died? Lets assume he has. Snape wouldn't want 
Draco to kill Dumbledore. Remember, killing another human being would 
have torn his soul. Draco would have no other option except to join 
the DEs, which means another wizard lost to Voldemort. Similarly, 
Snape didn't allow Harry to use the Unforgiveable Curses. 

Hence he agreed to the unbreakable vow. To digress a little, Snape 
and DD might have had some plan where Avada Kedavra is the spoken 
curse, but the non-verbal spell is something else. Draco would have 
not been able to do this and the plan would have failed.

Regards
Sherlocksridhar