Tobias and the Angel (The Good) - Snape Part 2

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 167433

> >> Goddlefrood:
> <snip>
> I note there have been some few comments relative to the prank on
> another thread recently ;). I do not propose to go there, but pick
> up the story of Snape from the point where the prank is over and 
> Severus is being debriefed. You couldn't imagine he wasn't, after
> what happened in the tunnel to the Shack, now could you?
> 
> This is where he became good, Dumbledore's man, which he remains
> and always will. The forgotten warrior for the Order, a man who,
> at great personal risk became a Death Eater and fooled LV for,
> well forever, since that time.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
I agree with zgirnius's statement here:

> >> zgirnius:
> The question arises, what was he doing listening outside that
> door?
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
If Snape reported the prophecy to Voldemort on Dumbledore's orders it 
would mean that (a) Snape would have no reason to feel any remorse, 
and (b) Harry will end the series hating Albus Dumbledore.  (It would 
mean a bit more than just that actually, but I think those two are 
enough to be going on with. <g>) 

It would completely destroy any aspect of redemption within Snape's 
story.  Snape would not need to be redemed because he did nothing 
wrong to begin with.  Dumbledore would bear that particular burden, 
but he'd also die without redemption, forever passing the buck to 
poor Snape.

I much prefer the idea of "disaffected youth"!Snape (aka punkrock!
Snape <bg>) with a simmering resentment of "Perfect Potter" and his 
goldenboy gang with their money and their blood and their poncy 
accents, becoming easy pickings for Voldemort and his Death Eaters.  
(Do I love the idea of "Northern mill-town"!Snape? Hell yeah.) An 
emotional boy who wore his heart on his sleeve, and who therefore 
made a horrible mistake.  A mistake he's spending the rest of his 
life trying to amend.  *That's* a character and a story-line I can 
get behind. <g>

Betsy Hp