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Snape's 'Other Women'

torino10154

5/13/08 10:10 am

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.

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• nemesister

  5/15/08 12:28 pm (UTC)

  he once stepped back from his Lily love. Remember he couldn't choose Lily over his Slytherin friends when she told him it was them or her. So that was his choice, no matter how much he might have regretted it after the years to come. Then later years found him eagerly doing Voldemort's bidding; in other words, when he left school and joined the DEs, he was full of hope, if headed in the wrong direction, and full of vitality and ambition, looking forward to a life of fulfillment. Of course he would have had sex with people.
  
  EXACTLY. It drives me crazy that people always forget that part.
  
  
  I have a hard time imagining Snape to have died a virgin. I just can't believe that he is the type of person who doesn't have too much interest in human-to-human sex. Doesn't seem to fit with his character at all, judging on his passionate ways and his focusing on other people. I also can't see him as someone who'd have hang ups about hiring a prostitute that are stronger than his horniness/curiosity.
  
  So yeah, if he for some reason didn't manage to get laid, I'm reasonably sure he would have gone to a prostitute long before he realised Lily's life was in danger.
  
  Oh, and the quote in my icon is canon! A pushing, thrusting young men... We do know that he could have had Trelawney!

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  • shyfoxling

    5/15/08 02:40 pm (UTC)

    A pushing, thrusting young man
    
    *giggles* I think that argument wins. *goes off to think thoughts that are not all that appropriate for work*

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