Snape Survey

[exodusts]

No: HPFGUIDX 149029

> Luckdragon:
>
> Everytime I read my HP for Grownups email I see pages and pages of 
> Snape. I don't think we will see the end of the "Is Snape ESE or ESG 
> or OFH" until book seven is released; so, just for the sake of being 
> able to tell each other "I told you so", let's tally up what we 
> believe Snape is before we actually know, and see which way the 
> majority of us are thinking. A brief paragraph is sufficient.
> 
> Myself for example, I am somewhat like DD and just have to look for 
> the good in people, so obviously I believe Snape will be found out to 
> be ESG. Well maybe not good exactly, but neither ESE or OFH. Lupin 
> said it well in book six; " It comes down to whether or not you trust 
> Dumbledore's judgement. I do; therefore, I trust Severus." (Chpt 16)
> 
> So in your Opinion, who's side is Snape on?


Exodusts:

The question would be best phrased: who's side is Snape NOT on? And the 
answer is: Voldemort's.

Snape had a rotten childhood. He grew up fascinated with the Dark side 
and determined to attain power of any kind, to have his revenge on the 
world. He would have been just another Slytherin DE goon (albeit a very 
senior and powerful one), but for one single redemptive curse - his 
forming of an attachment to Lily Potter.

This gnawed away at him, and he kept his options open by volunteering 
for the spying missions that his concealing nature made him perfect 
for. Whatever he thought he had decided, even if it just meant playing 
the good guys and the bad guys off against each other for his own 
benefit, Lily's death was the straw that broke the camel's back. He is 
determined to bring down Voldemort, and he doesn't care much how it is 
done. He despises most of the good guys, most of the bad guys, in fact 
nearly everyone in the world (except perhaps DD, who saw more clearly 
than he did where his true motivation lay).