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Snape's 'Other Women'

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This should be good. ;) First a bit of canon . . . US Ed. p.740-1

"Snape's Patronus was a doe," said Harry, "the same as my mother's, because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from the time when they were children. You should have realized," he said as he saw Voldemort's nostrils flare, "he asked you to spare her life, didn't he?"

"He desired her, that was all," sneered Voldemort, "but when she had gone, he agreed that there were other women, and of purer blood, worthier of him-"

"Of course, he told you that," said Harry, "but he was Dumbledore's spy from the moment you threatened her, . . . "


I do think Voldemort has it wrong-even if Snape loved Lily obsessively, I believe he loved her as best as he was able. But Harry may have over simplified things and probably the truth lies between.

So who were these other women? Girlfriends? One night stands? Did they even exist? I just noticed for the first time that Voldemort said "he agreed that there were other women." That leaves quite a bit of wiggle room.

I would ask that we stick to canon-yes, yes, we all know he was shagging Lupin or waiting for Hermione to come of age :P but for the purposes of this discussion, please leave your favorite ship at the door.
  • I actually never thought that he was referring to anyone specific with that statement, just that there were other women existing in general.
    • (Anonymous)
      I agree with that statement. I just took it to mean Snape & Voldy agreed that there were other options for Snape once Lily was gone; "other fish in the sea" is, I guess, the saying. It'd be kinda funny the other way, if Snape's agreeing that he's dating other women based on something Voldy said.

      I think the primary obstacle would be having time for relationships aside from all Snape's other responsibilities. But I'm not so willing to believe he *never* had any other relationships simply because of his pining for Lily, i.e. "she was the only one for me, ever" or that type of thing; however that seems to be what Harry implies in that quoted passage.

      JKR must hate writing romance because she's so bad at it, & vice versa.

      -punkybunky
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