What Harry "knows", Was Why we'll get no further revelations Snape was Evil

[colebiancardi]

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> Dana:
> 
> You all know it (well DDM!Snapers that is) and therefore you all will 
> be wrong because it will be the expected way for JKR to write Snape. 
> Many Snape fans are expecting JKR to turn HBP around because Snape 
> can't be ESE but that isn't much of a revelation either because Snape 
> was never before HBP portrait as ESE so turning it around in DH will 
> just be ever so lame. It will also not be much of a challenge for 
> Harry to once again find out he was wrong about Snape. The challenge 
> for Harry will be to be right about Snape but then to make different 
> choices and proof he is the better man then Snape would ever be able 
> to be. That is something Snape has been trying to do throughout the 
> books; be the better man then everybody else especially the marauders 
> and Harry. 
<snipping lots and lots>

colebiancardi:

well, Snape has been portrayed as ESE before HBP;  there were many
discussions around his loyalties for a long time.  So, I think it is
unfair to state that the ESE!Snape is something new.  

Back to the original topic at hand.  My thoughts on revelations and
why we should get them and what should we get (of course, all of this
is in my humble opinion)

There are three shades of Snape:  DDM, ESE and OFH (which I tried to
coin as TopWizard, but that never took off!!).  If Snape is OFH - to
be the Top Dog in the Wizarding World, we will not get any more
revelations or need them.  Nothing that was in the books before, the
Prank, the remorseful story told to DD, Spinner's End, the death of
DD, nothing, needs to be explained.  Snape's motivations are for
himself and nothing else.  His choices, whether it is trying to save
Harry from Quirrell's spell, showing Fudge his dark mark, the
Unbreakable Vow, saving DD at the beginning of HBP to being the cause
of his death at the end, were all done in a calculated manner to see
which would be the most beneficial to him.  Snape acts as DDM one day
and ESE another.  He has no loyalties except to himself and he wants
the power.  That is the reason & the motivation.

Now, regardless if Snape is DDM (which I believe 99.99999%) or ESE
(the rest of the percentage), we would need the revelation of what the
remorseful story was that he told DD & why DD trusted him so much.   I
would also like, but it is not necessary, the reason why Snape became
a DE.  And how Snape managed to hookwink either DD or LV, depending on
the flavor he is.  If Snape is DDM, I would like, although it is not
necessary, the reason why he took the UV.

We don't need more on the Prank (although I would love it).  We don't
need more about the UV or Spinner's End if he is ESE.  If he is ESE,
that chapter is self-explanatory and really doesn't need anything
more.  If Snape is DDM, a few words on the UV, as I stated above,
would be nice, but isn't really needed.  

I really cannot think why we would need more other than that.  He is
one of the three flavors above and one of those, OFH, needs further no
explanation or reasons.

colebiancardi