[schwing_wifey]

Snape is definitely NOT evil... but I’m dying to find out what hold Dumbledore had over him to make him play out that scene in HBP and take Malfoy’s place.

If any of you recall, one of the kids overheard him arguing with Dumbledore over not doing something... and I’m positive it was that final “kill” scene.

Curious though...Dumbledore set his own death up...either planned or accidental. Hmmmmmm......

[SuziQ]

I many be one of the few who is still not convinced that Dumbledore is dead. If Snape didn’t ‘mean it’ when he pronounced the curse, it may have been just for show, to make Malfoy and the other Death Eaters think he’d killed Dumbledore so they could tell Voldemort that Snape had done it. That just cements Snape’s place among the Death Eaters and gives the Order a valuable spy in their midst.

[null and void]

Snape is definitely NOT evil...

I suspect this simple inability to recognize evil is why so many wimin fall for the bad boys. Eva Braun said the same thing about Hitler, and Saddam's wimin about him...

[EmilyGeiger]

I don’t think he is evil either. Beside that scene he also had a scene towards the end of HBP where he told Harry that he was not a coward. And he couldn’t be one if he were spying on LV. I just think Snape had a hard time getting over the cool kids bullying him and he held a grudge. I also think he got in with LV and when things went too far, he got out. Sorta like Sirius’ brother.

[dragonblustar]

I’m starting to think of Gollum when I think of Snape now. I think I was effected by watching Star Wars and seeing how Darth Vadar became good at the end but now that I think of it, Snape reminds me of Gollum in Lord of the Rings.

Thanks Null and Void for those biblical pointers too. I totally forgot about the 12 at the dining table.