Snapes Behaviour and Legimens

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No: HPFGUIDX 161575

I wanted to take a minute to probe in to the reasons for Snape's 
behavior.

Sorry for being a little off topic but it will come back round I 
promise. In an episode of Red Dwarf (very funny cult TV show) there 
is a device called a "mind probe" a system for detecting if people 
are guilty of crimes. In this episode Arnold Rimmer is put in prison 
for murdering over 1000 people. He did not murder anyone; however he 
still felt the guilt that his incompetence had resulted in the chain 
of actions that caused their deaths.

So back to Harry Potter. Harry doesn't REALLY understand what a 
Legimens sees or feels. Snape is adamant it is not like reading a 
book as Harry understands 'mind reading'. LV always knows when 
people are lying. I think it is not just PICTURES that you see, like 
in the penseive, but feelings and thoughts. (Canon for this would be 
where LV knows Wormtail wants to desert him in GOF).

This being the case I am totally buying in to the theory that 
Snape's Worst memory was extracted by LV with Snape's running 
commentary of thoughts. I think he cared for Lily. I'm not getting 
in to the 'love' debate but I'm pretty sure he admired her and had a 
certain soft spot. Was probably in awe of her power too.

So LV has this golden piece of info. Maybe LV even uses his powers 
to extract the prophecy and Snape's thoughts about that. And maybe 
Snape's thoughts were to worry for Lily's safety, thereby telling LV 
that Lily is the key, (even if she need not have been). Snape's 
initial assumption not LV's led LV to the Potters.

Given the damage that caring about someone caused I thing caused 
Snape to turn in to a **expletive** so that nobody could get close 
to him again, so that he could not put anyone else in danger by 
caring for them.

This explains to me the look of hatred he has when he AK's DD. He 
hates himself as realizes fully for the first time that he 'loves' 
DD and that this has caused DD's death (In Snape's mind if not in 
reality-or WW reality anyway)

I also think that Snape's hatred is not really aimed at Harry, it is 
caused by Harry. Snape hates himself for depriving Harry of a 
family, he also hates that he has caused this boy to be marked as 
LV's equal and possibly be murdered by him. That's why he is so 
strict on Harry and gets so annoyed when Harry is bad at something. 
When Neville is rubbish Snape ignores him most of the time, 
occasionally remarking on his inadequacies. When Harry is bad it is 
almost a manic disapproval with Snape.

I think Snape believes in the prophecy, and is fighting against the 
possibility that he (Snape) could be responsible for the loss of the 
WW's last chance of defeating LV by marking someone unworthy.

Just my ideas. What do you guys think?

Tinktonks