Choices (wasThe Unloved Son (was Could I be wrong about Snape being evil?))

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 156678

Mike:

wynnleaf, I think I might have come off as too negative in my other 
post about yours on unloved son. So let me say that I totally, 
TOTALLY, agree with your assessment re the whole Harry-Snape-
Dumbledore triangle. If I may, I'd like to add another plot 
speculation that you've hinted at around the edges, but I don't know 
whether you would agree to.

This theory hinges on Severus being orphaned at an early age, a re-
occurring theme in the Potterverse, no? Maybe more likely, Snape's 
father abandoned him and his mother and Eileen died/was killed. 
Sound like anybody else we know? But this is where the story 
differs. DD realizes that Tom might have turned out different if 
someone (himself) had taken him under his wing and steered him in a 
more favorable direction. Could this be a *choice* of Dumbledore's, 
not Tom's, that was made incorrectly? DD realized even at the age of 
11 that Tom was heading toward the *Dark Side* and *chose* to just 
watch it happen, he didn't intervene, didn't take a more proactive 
role in Tom's life.

Now here comes an orphaned Severus, and DD isn't going to make the 
same mistake twice. DD decides to intervene and become Snape's 
surrogate, part-time father figure. I will go out on a limb and say 
that DD recruited Snape to *our side* while he was still a student. 
Naturally, Snape began to idolize DD much the same as Harry does, 
with one big difference. Snape *choses* to fight for the side 
of 'Light' and becomes a DE with the clear intention of infiltrating 
and undermining LV's organization. Harry, when all is said and done, 
got *chosen*, became the *chosen one* without making a choice 
himself. So DD has to become active in Harry's life, tinker around 
the edges to ensure Harry gets all the right training/knowledge. He 
relegates Snape to fellow LV opposer and even enlists him to take 
part in the training Harry plan. This is another reason for Snape's 
jealousy, he made an active *choice* to be on DD's side and is being 
supplanted by this brat that had celebrity handed to him.

Once again, I'd like to say, "Good Unloved Son" post, wynnleaf. 
These are the type of analysis that drew me to this group. Thanx,

Mike