Snape's death

[ZaraG]

No: HPFGUIDX 191248

> Jean:
> Of course the Memories are the reason he wasn't AKed - however you're right in the Voldemort seemed to like Snape. He didn't just kill him, and he tried to spare Lily for him "Stand aside you silly girl 
 stand aside now."

Zara:
I see it rather differently. I think Voldemort did not kill Snape himself, because he would have needed to use the wand in his hand to do it. This was the Elder Wand, a wand which had belonged to Dumbledore, and, Voldemort believed, now served Snape. It would have seemed a poor choice of weapon against Snape for that reason.

I think his half-hearted attempt to spare Lily was in the same spirit as his gift of the silver hand to Peter. Not a sign of any affection or esteem, but a means of control. Supposing that Voldemort had indeed spared Lily - what would Snape have been willing to do to ensure her continued existence? Why..."Anything"!