Voldemort's Intentions & Snape's Expectations

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 189837

Shelley wrote: 
> Carol, you ask it yourself: "Who besides the young Snape could LV have assigned to apply for a teaching position at Hogwarts?"  Hmm....let's see.... a talented young witch to whom Snape's potion abilities were second to? The young and talented Lily Potter, who could plead to Dumbledore for a job to keep her mind off her recent tragedies, and for protection from Voldemort himself, as the Hogwart's Castle is safe?

Carol responds:

I doubt that Snape's potion-making ability was second to Lily's. The only "evidence" for that is Slughorn's partiality, whereas the evidence for Snape's potion-making ability is all through the books. As for the rest of your suggestion, it's extracanonical (outside the books). Snape was already a DE and he was the only one qualified to do what he did for either DD or LV. As for Lily, we see Diary!Tom referring to her as "your Muggle mother." LV in the graveyard makes a similar reference, IIRC, comparing his Muggle father to Harry's "Muggle" mother. And to her face he calls her "silly girl."

I know that JKR says (and Hagrid thinks) that LV tried to recruit both her and James, but given LV's expressed view of her,it seems highly unlikely and out of character. Chalk it up to inconsistency on JKR's part.

Carol, who has to drop the thread before she exceeds her quota of posts