my latest theory about Snape

[Schlobin at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 172034

Hi, everyone, I don't want to believe this about Snape. I am very  
emotionally invested in Dumbledore's judgment about Snape being true (after all, as far as I can tell we have never heard the explanation of why Dumbledore REALLY trusts Snape...) and I have an emotional investment in the idea of redemption.....

Despite what I WANT to believe (and I have been very influenced by this wonderful arguments at _http://www.geocities.com/snapeisgood/evidence1.html_ , PARTICULARLY about the 'if DD didn't want to die, where was Fawkes), I have been  trying to be more objective.
<J.K.R.'s interview with the fansite (Mugglenet/Leaky) seemed to  indicate that those of us who believed that Dumbledore planned to die, i.e.  Snape did it at Dumbledore's request...were wrong (she said that she wanted to hold out hope)....but she has been known to mislead us....and we know she does love our theories.>
 
I started out with the realization that Snape might be the type of double agent (most common in real life) who really has no side -- who is planning on going with the winner. Another option (if this has been imagined before, my apologies, and send me to the message or messages where it was talked about) is that Snape wants to take over. We know he has grandiloquent tendences (the Half-Blood PRINCE), and like Voldemort rejected his muggle father's name. 
 
Perhaps he plans to supplant Dumbledore AND Voldemort and become the most powerful wizard in the world.
 
Still wanting to know what were the inappropriate charms about Aberforth  and the goat,
 
Susan McGee
(want to join a low volume list - Harry Potter for Grownups Over 40? Send  me an email at _SusanGSMcGee at aol.com_ 



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