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

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No: HPFGUIDX 149757

---  "juli17ptf" wrote:
>
> 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:
> <BIG SNIP>
> 
> 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 :-)
> 

Do we have a AVM!Snape, that is, against Voldemort and committed to 
defeating him by any means necessary?  He is not exactly OFH! -- his 
own welfare is not the issue, and he might even sacrifice himself if 
it was certain to lead to his goal, Voldemort's death.  Other 
loyalties do not come into play, either.  He can take the chance on 
the Vow, if it might lead to information on how to thwart Voldemort's 
plans and perhaps end his life.  He can follow Dumbledore, on the 
chance that the old wizard really does have the know-how to defeat 
the Dark Lord.  He can pretend to kill Dumbledore when he realizes 
Dumbledore has thrown away his life, gambling that the apparent 
murder will bring him closer to Voldemort and knowing his secrets.  
He doesn't have to kill anyone else; those deaths would not further 
his goal.  He can protect Harry, the possible Chosen One, and even 
assist him.  He can show his Dark Mark to Fudge, not to support 
Dumbledore, but to get the Ministry fighting Voldemort again.  He can 
remain independent of Dumbledore, or he can agree to follow 
Dumbledore, until he feels they are getting no closer to eradicating 
Voldemort.  Then, he can argue with Dumbledore in the forest -- he 
fails to see the point of making inquires in his own house, and 
Dumbledore takes his patience far too much for granted, especially 
now that Voldemort is back.  LID! and the UV are only potholes on the 
road.  He has to swerve around them in order to reach his final 
destination: eliminating Voldemort.  (Not so great at going through 
canon point-by-point, but of course, I am writing while I eat lunch 
at work.)

Perhaps Voldemort has affronted Snape to such a degree that the Dark 
Lord's death is the only remedy.  Perhaps it had something to do with 
Lily, or Snape's mother, or a family we don't know he had.  We've 
seen how Snape can hold a grudge.  Perhaps the grudge against 
Voldemort is the defining factor in his life.  Perhaps this is why 
Dumbledore trusts him; he knows Snape will move heaven and earth to 
eliminate Voldemort.

I guess this is the Kill Bill Snape, though I haven't seen Kill Bill.

Ah, who am I kidding?  I honestly want to see a DDM!Snape in the end, 
a man who has known forgiveness and, moreover, earned it.

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