seeds of betrayal

[juli17ptf]

No: HPFGUIDX 149750

Alla wrote:
> 
> So,where does it lead me? Back to Sherry's point of course. Do I 
think 
> Shack adequately shows the possibility of Snape's resenting to 
> Dumbledore for siding with Marauders again? YES, I absolutely think 
it 
> is possible.
> 
> Not that I think that Dumbledore EVER sided with Marauders or that he 
> was favoring them, or anything like that.
> 
> But would Snape think so? I think yes.
> 

Julie:
I agree with you that Snape resented Dumbledore for favoring the 
Mauraders from his POV, *when* he was a teenager. I suspect it was a 
good part of what sent Snape to Voldemort in the first place. 
Dumbledore betrayed him in his mind, so he turned to the Dark Side (er, 
Voldemort, that is). But Snape came back to Dumbledore, of his own free 
will (IMO), and that implies to me that Snape made some sort of peace 
with Dumbledore over that incident. Even with it coming up again in 
POA, I can't really see Snape suddenly re-resenting Dumbledore on the 
same level again over something they would have resolved long ago. 

OTOH, he could resent the repeat of that favoritism in the form of 
Dumbledore's devotion to Harry. Once again Snape comes in second! In 
fact, I believe Snape does harbor some resentment on that issue. I just 
don't think it's enough for him to betray Dumbledore again. But that's 
just my opinion ;-)

Julie