[HPforGrownups] Re: OFH, Life-debt and Snape/Lily-no-way

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 162415

From: antonia31h <antonia31h at yahoo.com>
>Sorry if my theories are again crazy but regarding Snape and his
>loyalties I am totally confused because everything points out in the
>book that he is in fact a spy for Dumbledore and then JKR says in all
>her interviews that he is a jerk. I mean if Dumbledore trusts him
>completely then this means for me that he is a good guy.

Bart:
How about a trustworthy jerk? Consider the possibility (certainly hinted at in the books) that Snape became a Death Eater because he agreed with the basic philosophy Tommy Riddle was pushing, but discovered that Riddle himself was only using this philosophy to attract others, who he considered to be useful idiots (which is pretty much how JKR depicts it). Snape still holds the beliefs he had as a Death Eater, but considers Tommy to be a betrayer rather than a leader of that movement.

Bart