Re:Harry Potter V: Order of the Phoenix (Minor Spoilers)
[quote]My thoughts… I think we’re gonna find out something really cool about Snape. I also recon Lilly Potter was a death eater. Don’t ask me why, I just think she had a dark side. [/quote]
I never bought that stuff about Harrys scar being the source of his evil I think its just the source of his extra power. The sorting hat seemed *quite* sure that Harry should’ve been Slytherin. I’ve always thought it’d make a good *alternate* series to show what would’ve happen had Harry taken Malfoys hand, and later joined Slytherin. You could almost write the series from the evil point of view, showing Harrys motives being to gain Voldemorts power instead of stopping him, with Malfoy, Crab and Goyle as his side kicks. And Hermoine, Ron, Neville et al, as his nemesis.
Hmm I will say this. I have a feeling Snape was in love with Lily, and that’s why Snape turned from the ‘dark side’ so to speak. We know Voldemort was not supposed to kill her from the dialogue just before her death “Get out of my way silly woman, I’m not here for you”.
Why? Voldemort kills EVERYONE in his way. My guess is Snape asked him not to kill her. And when Voldemort did, Snape was forever turned.
You get a taste of this at the end of book 3 when Snape goes beserk and tells Harry something along the lines “Your father strutted around here and could have had any girl he wanted”.
Just my guess though =)
As for Neville, we just learned a great deal about his character in the fourth book (who woulda thought his parents were the biggest bad asses in the lands?) so I expect his character will grow a lot more powerful and confident in the upcoming books.
As for Ron, I have a feeling he will be the Judas character. Every book his whining gets more and more pronounced as does his envy at Harrys success. The perfect target for the dark side.