Snapes greatest secret?

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Snapes greatest secret?

I believe I may have figured out Snape's greatest secret. It is a secret that explains everything: why Snape hates Harry Potter (above and beyond the fact that Snape hated his father), yet risks his life to save him, why Snape wants the Defense Against the Dark Arts position, yet never gets it, why Snape is utterly trusted by Dumbledore, and why Voldemort believes he can steal the power of Harry's mother's love by stealing Harry's blood.

I believe that Snape already saved Harry's life - when he was one year old. I think Snape defeated Voldemort.

Snape was spying for Dumbledore before the defeat of Voldemort, and kept his cover well enough that they could actually send him back in after Voldemort's return, to spy again in book five. However, this isn't enough to explain why Dumbledore is certain that Snape couldn't be a double agent, or willing to switch sides again, all by itself. There has to be more.

My theory comes in part from Snape's first introductory statements to his students in Book 1: "....I can teach you to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death...." I believe that Snape, knowing that Voldemort was after Harry Potter, offered to create a protective potion, by brewing Mother's Love. He may have offered this to stop Voldemort, to show up James Potter, and possibly because he loved Lilly. His potion infused Harry's mother's love into a powerful anti-curse enchantment, which settled into Harry's blood (as potions are known to do).

Snape wants recognition. He wants fame. He wants to let the entire world know that he, and he alone, has stopped the unstoppable curse. HE DEFEATED VOLDEMORT. Yet, he toils in ignominy, as a teacher of Potions, hardly the most respected of the Arts. To protect the secret of Snape's incredible achievement, Dumbledore won't even let Snape teach Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Then comes Harry Potter. Son of the hated James Potter. And HE GETS ALL THE CREDIT.

HE'S "The Boy Who Lived". HE'S famous. HE gets all the credit for stopping Voldemort, when he didn't do ANYTHING AT ALL. HE gets to break the rules, is beloved by half the wizarding world, is seen as a savior.
And all that fame rightfully belongs to Snape.

And Snape? He gets NOTHING. He can't even teach Defense Against the Dark Arts, thereby showing that he at least an expert in this prestigious area of expertise. Even to this day, people still accuse him of being evil, of continuing to work for Voldemort. Even that ungrateful Potter boy suspects him of being Voldemort's ally. And he can't even tell them the truth. In his own mind, at least, he is the greatest defender against the Dark Arts in the world, possibly even greater than Dumbledore himself, and he gets no respect for it at all.

PS : I got this while serching something abt Snape's. It is from refernce book but forget to add the source in my folder.

Hmmm... Its quite intresting but i doubt it cause JK rowling always writes the most unexpected... Like the Horcuxes in the book 6... Nobody could have even thought that.. So wid Harry Potter, u cant guess... 😛

i think bottle fame and brew glory was just a metaphor. for instance, horcurx has no relation to potion studies, not we dont know if snape knows how to make the philosophers stone.

it is an accepted fact both by dumbledore and voldemort is that, just because harry's mother died to protect harry acted as a powerful anti-curse. If snape really loved lily, then instead of saving potter first, he'd also have done something to save lily as well. so this theory of yours doesnt fit

its nice n believable...let us c wat happens

niceconclusion, actually you maybe right let us see what rowling has in tore for us

I like your conclusion,it does explain maybe why snape hates Harry so much.

But maybe Snape always risks his life to save Harry's(like in PS) because Harry saved SNAPE'S life by defeating voldemort or something or since James saved Snape's life when Sirius told him to go to the shrieking shack during a full moon(PoA).So since James and Lilly are dead,maybe he has to repay his debt by saving Harry.Because it was a wizarding debt(like when Harry saved Peter in PoA and so Peter owed Harry his life and he had to save Harry to repay his debt-or something along that lines...

And I dont think that Mother's Love can be brewed so easily otherwise Voldemort would have had done that a long long time ago and thus ensured his own protection against harry Potter & he wouldn't have been defeated all those years ago.Instead he waited until Harry's 4th yr to get Harry's blood to restore his body and powers(GoF).

Originally posted by: Snape

i think bottle fame and brew glory was just a metaphor. for instance, horcurx has no relation to potion studies, not we dont know if snape knows how to make the philosophers stone.

it is an accepted fact both by dumbledore and voldemort is that, just because harry's mother died to protect harry acted as a powerful anti-curse. If snape really loved lily, then instead of saving potter first, he'd also have done something to save lily as well. so this theory of yours doesnt fit

I agree to the point about bottle fame and brew glory being a metaphor.It seems likely that he's speaking figuratively instead of literally.

Hope you'll think about this...=)

PS~ to savie: thnx 4 the info =P

ur point is also right, adamneve and welcome to HP section 😳