Essays about Snape on Lexicon

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 146076

zgirnius:
Thanks for the links, I always enjoy a nice Snape essay.

Alla wrote:
> The one about Evil!Snape though while also has a lot of what we 
> discuss, has (IMO at least) some new arguments or at least 
> subarguments.
> 
> Like when she argues that possible loophole in the UV and Snape not 
> taking advantage of it may point to Evil!Snape.

zgirnius:
Yes, I liked that. I've never seen this point used for Evil!Snape 
before. The existence of the loophole in the Vow has been noted by 
Good!Snape folks around here, though, as a reason why Good!Snape did 
not back out of the Vow when Narcissa added the third clause. (The 
lack of use of the loophole gets explained by the idea that Snape was 
working with Dumbledore on just such a plan as the author of the 
essay suggests, and they did not account for drinking the Potion in 
the Cave and the presence of Death Eaters that night...) 

Alla:
> There is another interesting point, but I am not sure she is 
> necessarily correct here.
> 
> Did Snape indeed see Peter on the Map? Because if he did, his 
> behaviour in the Shack indeed goes from insane to malicious to me. 
IMO 
> of course.

zgirnius:
The author uses a word like maybe/perhaps. I got the impression she 
is speculating. If Snape IS a villain it would be a nice touch. 

I am of course convinced that Snape had no idea Pettigrew was still 
alive. He was thus insanely angry with Sirius, whom he sincerely 
believed to the the betrayer of the Potters. (Which mattered greatly 
to him because he loved Lily, or wanted to clear his debt to James, 
or both. And he had gone to some difficulty to protect the Potters 
from the consequences of his own evil action...)