I've been thinking about Snape and Voldemort...
Given that JKR supplies poor motivation for Snape in DH, I've been musing about why he turned on Voldemort, and more particularly why he became a DE in the first place.

First, it's clear to me that the DE's were a cult, and Voldemort was a cult leader.  They worshipped him, and he abused them. At the ( Read more... )