(I've only skimmed this over because it's late night, so if I'm repeating ideas, I'm sorry xD)



Snape is human. (Well technically, he's a wizard, but that's besides the point LOL) Humans make mistakes, and we are all human. We all make mistakes, we all do things to get accepted, it's just a part of who we are. Some people have varying levels of caring, there's always that one that will claim 'I don't care what anyone thinks!' but I'm sure that one person can have someones opinion that can make or break them. We crave approval. And to get that approval, we can go several millions of different ways.

The point of all this? It's late and I like to rant. Otherwise xD lol, the point is Snape had few people that could give him that approval. Most of all, he craved the approval of Lily, a friend he deeply admired, and Dumbledore, who he recognized as someone whose opinion could be right to the very core. He thought he'd be liked if he was part of the gang that hated James, like Lily did, but he made a mistake and went the wrong way. And then he was angry at Harry because quite frankly, Lily was no longer on his side after that terrible mistake.

People can do anything for that love, or that approval or acceptance, even all the things Snape did. It's understandable, it's human, it's justified, but all those things don't spell out morally right.

But don't worry, I still love him xD