Another take on what happened

[nrenka]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Barry Arrowsmith" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:

> Courage Camille!
> This cannot be!
> Recall that when Snape joined DD, Voldy was winning. More or less
> hands down. If it hadn't been for GH Voldy would have won. Aurors
> were being killed at Voldy's whim, the populace panicking. The WW
> would have caved in. Oh, DD and a handful of others may have carried
> on fighting, but they'd have been largely irrelevant in the larger 
> scheme of things. 
> 
> Why would Snape join the losing side, or even pretend to?

Because Voldie told him to, and Snape likes to keep himself alive.  
He goes to Dumbledore and spins a story of repentance (and you all 
know what I think it may have involved) with enough truth in it to 
pass an exam.  He then has a foot in both camps--he's safe if 
Voldemort's doom comes about via the prophecy bit, he's safe if 
Voldemort wins.

Eh, it's possible.

-Nora helpfully offers options