Courtly love in Potterverse WAS: What triggered ancient magic?

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No: HPFGUIDX 187131

Pippin:
<SNIP>
In any case, Snape did not know that Dumbledore was going to ask him to be a
spy. He would have expected to die or be sent to prison after he had delivered
his warning to Dumbledore, so he was not going to be in any condition to take
Lily for himself. But he was at that point still in general sympathy with the DE
cause. <SNIP>

Alla:

Okay, yes the case of bad copying and pasting again, but maybe it is good that this one going in the separate post.

Sure, this one I think is the strongest argument that I had seen so far that Snape did not think of taking Lily for himself. I still would not say that it is conclusive, because we are not in Snape's head.

Maybe he expected to fool Dumbledore and run away after he delivered his warning, after all he did leave after he eavesdropped the Prophecy, maybe he thought that he will get Lily later after he is out of prison, since she would have chance to get over her family deaths, even better for him.

But still I like it.