Victory for TEWWW EWWW

[nrenka]

No: HPFGUIDX 172990

Wow.  Haven't been around here in a while.  Too busy to keep up with
things, but I had to throw this one out there, as it was a personal
victory for what seemed a massively improbable prediction.

Way back when, given some interview quotes that had to lead somewhere,
I came up with a new fondness for a very old (and hilarious) theory,
as noted here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/132993

This was an attempt to deal with the events of HBP, as well as some
classically tantalizing interview quotes, especially the classic:

JKR: (JKR laughs) Who on earth would want Snape in love with them?
That's a very horrible idea.

Well, even I never expected to get, in canon (sorry, page numbers are
out of my hands at the moment):

"If she means so much to you," said Dumbledore, "surely Lord Voldemort
will spare her? Could you not ask for mercy for the mother, in
exchange for the son?"

"I have-I have asked him-"

"You disgust me," said Dumbledore, and Harry had never heard so much
contempt in his voice. Snape seemed to shrink a little. "You do not
care, then, about the deaths of her husband and child? They can die,
as long as you have what you want?"

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Well, it's not entirely accurate, as Snape seems to have shown more
remorse than the scenario postulated, and was DDM rather than the OFH
which I favored--although TEWWW EWWW itself is more about the initial
conditions than any subsequent actions.  But it did nail the idea that
he had a direct hand in Voldemort's actions towards Lily, and that he
was motivated out of an explicitly personal concern.  This has also
just been echoed by the JKR commentary on the Today Show:

"Was Snape always intended to be a hero?" "Is he a hero? I don't see
Snape as a hero... he's very brave, but..." "Would he have protected
Harry if he hadn't loved Lily?" "No, not at all."

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Putting it all together: childhood love but still willing to join the
Death Eaters, begging your evil boss for her life (but forget the
husband and child), protecting only out of a personal love for a
long-dead woman who you probably didn't have any contact with after
school and thus wouldn't *know* anymore in many ways.  In the end, it
was about personal issues, not moral standards.  George and Diana are
both dead theories now.

Unquestionably brave, but....EWWWW!

-Nora gets back to her high-voiced heroes, and is a little sad to see
Faith have to wave goodbye to the siblings