#i don't mean Snoldemort IS canon compliant that was obv a joke?? like it wasn't a 100% serious meta lol

[danadiadea]

If you answer my initial question "yes", then I wouldn't know what you've meant, since it's an "a or b" question.

Well, then the word "agree" is a peculiar choice, since people don't usually "agree" on the claims they've brought up themselves. People agree, yk, with others. Obviously, we don't always perfectly formulate our sentences in real life, but considering this is a book, rowling's choice of words seemed interesting to me. Snape didn't need to "reveal" he "desired" Lily, he came up with that explanation from the very beginning – what else would he say, I love a muggleborn who's a member of the Dumbledore's Order? So the "desired" part is old. The "other women" part seems to come after the resurrection. Why would they talk about that at all, unless

a) Voldemort blamed Snape for his demise to an extent and/or

b) Voldemort wanted to check whether Lily's death influenced Snape's loyalties?

And in both cases it would've been Voldemort who brought it up, not Snape. Why would Snape willingly touch such a sensitive topic?

It would've been super logical for Voldemort to blame Snape for his demise, since he was the reason Tom didn't kill Lily in a blink of an eye just like he did with James. We know he does blame himself to an extent ". . . This is old magic, I should have remembered it, I was foolish to overlook it . . . but no matter. I can touch him now", which I think is out of character because psychopaths never in fact assign any blame to themselves, but he might as well blame Snape on top of that. I know I would if I were him! And ofc Tom intended to kill Snape, it's literally interesting because he wanted to but then made Snape his most trusted advisor instead and didn't listen to Bella's warnings.

also when you say I imply Voldemort "explaining" something, I suppose you imagine it like he feels compassion and grief like a normal person and react because of this image not being realistic? Idk about you, I can see Voldemort playing a sympathising father figure or explaining himself and still being Voldemort, because he is manipulative, that's the point! why wouldn't he actually want to to cement Snape's "dismissal" of Lily, flatter him and solidify his supposedly existing anti-muggleborn sentiment?

also he had been objectively way more fond of Snape than was healthy for him. my man explained himself to his snake and then pulled out a speech deserving of a Pulitzer.

'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 –’

Am I going mental, or is Voldemort implying that after he came back in GoF (and told Harry he knows is was Lily's sacrifice that saved him, the mistake he had made because of Snape) they had a talk about this with Severus, in a manner that required a need for Severus' "agreement"? Ofc you can't choose to disagree with Voldemort, but still the fact that Snape not only wasn't brutally yet slowly murdered for causing Voldemort's moment of weakness and years of suffering, but when the theme was raised Tom supposedly even came up with an "exuse" that Snape had to accept is fascinating. It's almost like... explaining himself in a Voldemort fashion? Dare I say a need for Severus' forgiveness and contentment?

Which also fits with Voldemort's need to rationalise and find excuses when he kills Snape. Voldemort. needs rationalisations. for screwing Snape.

I kinda start thinking Snoldemort is canon compliant lol