LID!Snape falls off his horse (was LID!Snape rides again and again

[juli17ptf]

No: HPFGUIDX 149751

Okay, I'm not really going to knock Snape off his horse, I just liked 
the title ;-) Neri did a great job of proposing a workable theory, 
though I still don't think it's more workable than DDM!Snape. All the 
Snape theories have weak areas, whether they alter the characters too 
much, don't explain key scenes, etc. And Oliver wrote something on that 
subject:

Oliver:
> Having reread a bit of JKR's interview, I must say I feel vindicated  
> in my non-theorizing approach. Gee, Grindelwald, the gleam,  
> Dumbledore's family, the Founders, who loved Snape
 All that is  
> enormously important. No chance we can guess something even remotely  
> close to the truth in my humble opinion.
> 

Julie:
I agree, and I'm thrilled about it! As much fun as it is trying to 
figure out a GUT tying together all the unanswered questions and 
hanging plot threads in the HP books, I want to be surprised when we 
finally get the real answers. I want that AHA! moment when it all falls 
together and it makes perfect sense :-)

In the meantime, I think the only thing that really separates the 
various versions of Snape is what we each think is his primary 
motivation--or, probably more accurately, *want* it to be. LID assumes 
Snape is compelled by the Life Debt and feels no real loyalty to DD, 
DDM assumes Snape chose freely to switch sides and is loyal to DD, OFH 
assumes Snape is playing both sides against each other, ready to side 
with whoever comes out on top, and ESE assumes loyalty to Voldemort. No 
doubt FinalRevelation!Snape will have shades of several of these 
qualities, like a paint pallet with colors mixed together, but one will 
have to come out as the prime motivator, the main reason Snape acts as 
he does. And on that issue, to each his/her own My!Snape :-)

Julie