More thoughts on the Elder Wand subplot - Owner?

[montavilla47]

No: HPFGUIDX 187407

> >Kemper:
> > My trust goes to Snape.

> jkoney:
> 
> I'm not sure Snape regretted his actions with the Dark Arts as much as how they led to the death of Lilly.
> 
> Snape has already been to the dark side and must fight against it every day. Adding the wand to it would just be increasing the burden. 
> 
> Harry's action was brief and he didn't go back after Carrow once he released him. He's already showing his self control.

Montavilla47:
Heh.  If Harry is showing self-control there, then I think Snape wins the
self-control contest when he is being repeatedly attacked and insulted by
the guy who nearly messed up everything by killing Snape's ward with a 
spell he stole from Snape.

Beatrice said something earlier which was interesting about Dumbledore
trusting neither Harry nor Snape with the Elder Wand and it struck me 
as quite ironic that Dumbledore is always telling people to trust both
Harry and Snape, and yet, as it turned out, he really didn't trust either of
them.


> jkoney:
> Snape was a member of the DE's for a while. In order to be marked and to be in the inner circle he must have already performed dark/evil acts. I can't picture Voldemort just giving him a free pass.

Montavilla47:
Not according to Bellatrix.   According to her, Snape was always "slithering" out of 
the hard assignments.  He had landed that cushy spy job, and he proved his 
ability as a spy in overhearing the prophecy and then getting away before he was
obliviated.

It's possible that Voldemort took that as a skill worth more than the ability to
torture or kill.  In such a case, it would probably work better for him NOT to 
have Snape do such deeds, but leave him relatively "undarkified" so that 
Dumbledore would hire him.

I'm not saying that IS the case, merely that it a possibility.  In the books, 
Dumbledore makes a point of asking Snape how many people he's SEEN killed, 
not how many he HAS killed.  And Snape worries about his soul being
torn when he kills Dumbledore.  Both of those moments support the idea
that Snape has never killed anyone, and the only responsibility he has for 
any deaths is the one he bears for James and Lily.

Which is interesting, when you think about it, because we see Snape
in the midst of deepest remorse.  The kind of remorse necessary to 
repair your soul.  So, perhaps he is the illustration of someone both 
tearing and repairing their soul.