Flight of the Prince

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 147163

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "huntergreen_3" 
<huntergreen3 at a...> wrote:
>
<Big snip of Rebecca's fabulous post> 

> But what's REALLY strange is when Harry is chasing him. Snape 
> absolutely *loathes* Harry, and if he was ESE he would certainly 
> enjoy the fact that he just killed Harry's mentor, AND that he'd 
> hoodwinked Dumbledore for all that time. But does he brag about 
>any evil things he's done? (such as sabotaging the occulmency 
>lessons, or purposely waiting awhile to alert the order about Harry 
>and Co possibly running off to the DoM [I'm not saying he did those 
> things]). Does he at least mention that HE was the one who told 
> Voldemort about the prophecy, setting in motion the chain of 
events that killed Harry's parents? No, he doesn't. 
> 
<SNIP>

>And then, Harry feels something "whiplike" hit him in the face. 
>Harry called him a coward just a page before and Snape didn't seem 
>bothered at all, now suddenly it vexes him enough to make him 
>seem "demented" and cause him to curse Harry, even though he had 
>deflected every one of Harry's curses without harming a hair on the 
>boy's head. The difference is that Harry mentioned Dumbledore this 
>time. Snape certainly does not react like someone proud of what he 
>had just done. 


Allie:

I desperately want to believe DDM!Snape, for the multitude of 
reasons voiced by other listees (how cliche for Snape to be the true 
villain after all, how could Dumbledore be so wrong about Snape), 
and after I read your post I have to say that I agree with you 
100%.  ESE!Snape, the Snape we think we know, would be gloating and 
holding over Harry's head what he had done.  "I killed that fool of 
a headmaster, I murdered your hero" etc.  Actually, this would also 
be the time for him to gloat about causing JAMES's death, if he 
wasn't remorseful about it.  He doesn't know if he'll see Harry 
again, Harry thinks he knows that Snape murdered Dumbledore, Harry 
is going to atttack him any time he sees him in the future - if now 
is not the time to gloat about James (James dying, not James 
himself), then when?

An argument could be made for an OFH!Snape who does not hate 
Dumbledore but had no other way out than to kill him or die.  (I 
won't make that argument, though. :) )  

Speaking of in character/out of character: Shrieking Shack Snape had 
a line in the PoA movie that was SO in character that I wish it was 
in the book.  Gloating to Sirius about the Dementor's Kiss, "It's 
said to be nearly unbearable to witness, but I'll do my best."

I'll be so disappointed if Snape is not Dumbledore's Man... because 
after all, "The World is not divided into good people and Death 
Eaters."

Allie