Snapedom essay: Snape and Voldemort

Here's my banner for my essay on the Snapedom March challenge, Snape and Voldemort. There were also many other interesting posts and comments on the subject here. My essay mainly addressed the proposed question of whether or not Snape was actually Voldemort's "right hand man": probably not, during the time that the Potters were still alive, just because he was too young and inexperienced, but Voldemort valued him enough to promise to spare Lily's life for his sake, and more importantly, actually attempt to keep that promise. I think that by Book 7, Voldemort actually did consider him his most valued and trusted servant, although that's a rather dubious distinction, considering how easily he sacrificed Snape in the end.