**I'm finally getting a post up! I hope that there's still someone here to read it!**Ok, so I recently started to reread HBP and I was on chapter two, Spinner's End, reading about Snape and his conversation with Bellatrix and Narcissa. I was thinking about how early in the book this is all revealed to us. Isn't it usually that such large revelations as the true loyalties of a rather large, primary character are reserved for the end of the book? Now I know that JKR isn't just your average author and that this might be nothing more than a part of her plan for the whole book, but I think that maybe she revealed this to us so early because it's simply not true and it's there to throw us off the correct path. Think about it. There are a lot of people who have always questioned whether or not Snape was good or evil. This seemed like a rather simple, fast way to answer all those burning questions. It's almost too simple, too easy, and too fast.
Although Snape's evil tendencies are supposedly "confirmed" when at the end with the situation with Dumbledore, I don't think this necessarily proves anything. There've already been theories on this site that attempt to explain the possible reasons for his motives there, so I won't go into that, but this could also be another red herring in trying to decide who Snape is really siding with. It did say, " 'And, should it prove necessary... if it seems Draco will fail...' whispered Narcissa (
Snape's hand twitched within hers, but he did not draw away), 'will you carry out the deed that the Dark Lord has ordered Draco to perform?' (HBP, American Edition p.36)" So, it seems that if Snape's hand twitched he was, at least mentally, hesitant. He might have known that he couldn't refuse, but he could have been thinking it.
All this theory is really trying to address are the movtives JKR had behind telling the readers so much pertinent information about Snape so early in the book. I feel that since it was done so early and so quickly, it's not a revelation to be trusted. Any thoughts?
**By Amanda B.*****Okay guys, I know that we have in no way been very good about updating on a regular basis. If you want the honest truth, school is a time consuming aspect of our lives right now, and free time is not devoted to theories and this site, as it should be. So, if there's anybody who has stuck with us, thank you. I know it's frustrating to not have any new material to discuss in over a month. I will honestly try to make a conscious effort to devote more of my time to the site... thank you again to all those who keep coming back.***This may seem like a far fetched theory, but it's something that I have been contimplating for a while now. It seems to me that the Grey Lady (Ravenclaw's ghost) is never really mention in the books or if she is it's very seldom and never by name. Well, LV would have wanted a Horcrux from Ravenclaw... maybe the Grey Lady is another Horcrux. It's not a major theory but just something that came to mind one day while day dreaming.
