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Snape's 'Other Women'

[info]torino10154
5/13/08 10:10 am
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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.
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  • [info]shyfoxling
    5/21/08 03:15 pm (UTC)
    Hmmm... interesting reasoning. It would likely have to be someone up to Voldemort's standard of "worthy", too, to be convincing, since obviously his opinion is the one that matters here in terms of Snape staying alive and in his (relative) good graces.... so that probably means a pure-blood. Whether Voldemort would really have insisted on that, we can't be sure, but it seems likely Snape would have thought that was the safest thing to do.
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