The Irma/Eileen Theory

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 164503

va32h:
> 
> Since there is already an existing motivation (which requires further 
> explanation, but at least the basis is there) for Snape to go through 
> this remorse/redemption process, why should JKR drop that, and 
> introduce an entirely new motivation that will have to be explained 
> from scratch? I'm asking rhetorically, not trying to be 
> confrontational.

Finwitch:

The life debt you mean? It HAS some prospect - I mean, Dumbledore told
Harry that he'd be very glad for letting Pettigrew live - that
Voldemort would not want a servant in debt of Harry Potter. What ever
that's supposed to hint at.

We also know - from Dumbledore - that Snape owed a life debt to James
Potter. (and, failing to pay it off ended up protecting Harry?)

What deep magic is at work here? THAT might be part of the secret - if
there ever was one. (Dumbledore wouldn't need one if everyone else
did, IMO. That's why he never got to tell it, either :-) .)

Finwitch