FINALLY!! Book 7 explains Snape & Neville!

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Ok, maybe I am the last one to have figured this out, but as I was 
sitting here, pretending to work when actually thinking about our 
favorite epic story, I came to a realization.  We finally have a 
justification for Snape treating Neville like the dirt under his 
fingernails!  Maybe not justification, as that implies that he had 
every right to treat Neville that way, and I for one, even after 
coming to this conclusion, don't think that he should have been that 
spiteful, but this at least is how Snape justified his own behavior.

Snape heard the first part of the prophecy, which as we all know, 
could have meant to be either Harry or Neville.  Snape tells 
Voldemort, who assumes that the prophecy refers to Harry, and ends 
up killing Snape's love, Lily.  Now, Snape is responsible for his 
love's death.  Or is he?  This is where Neville comes in.  If 
Neville had been the one that Voldemort went after, then not only 
would Lily have survived, but Snape himself would not have to devote 
his life trying to protect his most hated enemy's son.  I think that 
he blames (incorrectly blames, but blames nonetheless) Neville for 
the situation of his life, the danger he must put himself in, and 
the death of his love, almost like a "survivor's guilt" type thing, 
but projecting in on someone else.

Nate, who begs that you not laugh at me TOO hard for possibly being 
the last to come to this conclusion