Snape's Rotten Character (was Re: Eileen Pince)

esmith222002 c.john at imperial.ac.uk
Tue Aug 1 08:43:11 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 156291

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "abergoat" <adescour at ...> wrote:

> 
> What about the reason Snape hates LV so much is because Snape 
figured
> out that LV is responsible for something that has been done to 
Eileen?
> What if Dumbledore trusts Severus Snape 'completely' because he 
knows
> that Snape has been bent on revenge since he was a young man? 
Revenge
> for what happened to his mother?
> 
> Snape doesn't seem like the 'help humanity' type. I bet he went into
> potions and healing because he was trying to heal his mother. And I
> bet his mother needs healing because, like Morfin Gaunt and Hepzibah
> Smith, Eileen Prince had a relic Voldemort wanted. And like Morfin 
and
> Hepzibah, Voldemort couldn't kill Eileen outright because he didn't
> want the trail to lead to him. Tom Riddle didn't kill Morfin at
> all...and if Eileen Prince IS in need of healing then I don't think
> that Voldemort has the SLIGHTEST idea that Snape figured out 
Voldemort
> was responsible.
> 
> abergoat
>

It certainly is an interesting theory, but IMO Snape's hatred for LV 
surely has to involve Lily. JKR has stated we will learn something 
very important about Lily in book 7 - and for me that is her 
connection to Snape. We really have no emotional involvement in 
Eileen, so if LV's treatment of her is the reason for Snape's 
behaviour, I don't think we would care a great deal. 

What I find really fascinating is the possibility that Snape asked LV 
to spare Lily. If it wasn't for that LV would probably have instantly 
AK'd Lily. Instead he tried to spare her, which gave her the chance 
to defend Harry, which ultimately led to Lily's magic protection. 
Therefore Snape is the reason Harry defeated LV that night. This is 
also heightened by the fact that Snape gave LV the incomplete 
prophecy in the first place!!
Snape is the reason LV headed for Harry and Snape is the reason why 
Lily had the chance to protect Harry! All IMO of course.

You really have to love Snape as a character!

Brothergib









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