High Noon for OFH!Snape

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 149480

> Ceridwen:
> Get ready for ESE!/OFH!Snape, then.  Out For Himself  because he's 
> Ever So Evil and wants to be Supreme Overlord of the Planet,  and 
> ruthlessly capable of evil manipulations and advanced magicks.   
> Spelling intended.  I can easily see this composite version of 
Snape  
> making an appearance in the countdown to book 7 (Harry Potter and 
the  
> Jumble of Loose Threads? or, HP&JoLT?)  Not my fave flavor of  
Snape, 
> not at all.  But, be prepared.

Julie:
> I have one major problem this Snape who wants to be the  Overlord
> of the Planet. When have we ever seen evidence of this Snape? 
> He wants respect, yes, and glory, yes, but power? Certainly he's
> willing to use his power as a teacher to make his students 
miserable,
> but from all evidence it's not a position he even likes. Does he  
really
> want to rule the world, and have to interact with all those tedious 
> minions, who aren't so much different from the dunderheads he 
> teaches? I think he'd rather just be left alone!

Ceridwen:
So do I, Julie.  But reading Sydney's post, I could see how OFH! and 
ESE! can be combined into the EvilOverlordInWaiting!Snape.  Not that 
Sydney suggested it, or would support it.  But there was something 
she wrote that made me think, someone, somewhere, is going to suggest 
this.

That's why I said it isn't my favorite flavor of Snape.  I think it 
goes against everything we've seen in canon.  But, part of OFH! for 
some, is the idea that Snape wants Harry to kill LV to vacate the 
spot, while in HBP, Snape himself offs DD, proving both his Dark 
Wizard credentials and his power, so that danger is neutralized.  
Nature abhors a vacuum, so in steps EOIW!Snape, who has allowed 
everyone else to do his work for him - LV gets a ready-made batch of 
groupies ready to kowtow, and Harry offs LV.  According to this 
particular flavor of OFH, this is what Snape's been waiting for, 
while benefiting from DD's protection.  All he has to do is prove his 
street creds, and he's in.

I don't buy OFH!ESE!Snape.  He doesn't appear in canon that I can 
find.  But, I can see where some people might see him lurking in the 
shadows with the hint of an evil smile on his face.  Just browse the 
posts here and elsewhere, and you'll see plenty of contention.  And, 
plenty of variety.

Ceridwen.