Favorite theories proved wrong

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 172183

Carol wrote:
...who agrees with vmonte that people don't like unpalatable
truths and who expects a roar of outrage from the Snape haters
when Snape is revealed as DDM.

vmonte wrote: 
No, I wouldn't be outraged. I don't like Snape but I've made plenty 
of mistakes before--and so has everyone on this site. I think part 
of the problem is that this type of forum causes people to really 
over-think the Harry Potter books. Count Snape, DD=Ron, ESE!Lupin, 
all of those theories happened because we (I'm including myself) got 
carried away and started looking for things that were not there.

My best theories were the ones that came off the top of my head, 
without deep thought. In 2005 before book five came out everyone was 
speculating on why Voldemort didn't die the night the Potters were 
killed. I immediately posted something about storing your soul in a 
box for protection. It wasn't something that I thought deeply about; 
it just popped into my head. 

But let's get back to Snape. A few days ago someone commented on 
what Dumbledore said in the cave in HBP. It reminded me of what I 
thought immediately after reading that passage: that it sounded like 
a confession. I looked my old post up and noticed that the more I 
thought about that scene the more convoluted and ridiculous my later 
posts about it became. I may still be wrong about Dumbledore having 
a checkered past but at least my first thought regarding that scene 
was a lot more reasonable than some of the other crap I came up with 
later. 

Actually, it was while I was responding about the Dumbledore cave 
scene (from the other day) that the thought occurred to me that 
perhaps Dumbledore understands Snape because of his checkered past. 
Maybe Voldemort's relationship with Snape is similar to what 
Grindelwald's relationship with Dumbledore was. Well, before I go on 
a tangent I'll stop there. (Carol, do you read what I'm saying?) 

If Snape turns out to be Dumbledore's man I will be shocked, but I 
will not be angry. 

I just wish he wasn't such an ass. 

lol