Assassin!Snape for HA

[Cindy C.]

Hi, all,

I whipped something up for HA on Assassin!Snape.  I haven't been 
reading the main list as much as I should lately, so I don't know if 
there are any other TBAY threads (other than Imperius!Arthur) that 
could use a write-up.  Are there any others?

Any comments on this draft?

Cindy

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                     Assassin!Snape

The final scenes of GoF hint strongly that Snape may spy on 
Voldemort at Dumbledore's request.  There remains, however, the 
perplexing question of exactly how Snape could manage this, 
especially after Dumbledore revealed in the Pensieve that Snape 
turned spy for Dumbledore.  Would Snape have to perform a difficult 
task to Voldemort's satisfaction to earn his trust, and if so, what 
would that task be?  

According to Assassin!Snape, the key is Voldemort's graveyard speech 
in GoF:

"And here we have six missing Death Eaters . . . three dead in my 
service. One, too cowardly to return . . . he will pay. One, who I 
believe has left me forever . . . he will be killed, of 
course. . . . and one, who remains my most faithful servant, and who 
has already reentered my service.'

If Karkaroff is the DE who will be killed, who will do Voldemort's 
dirty work and dispatch Karkaroff?  Could it be Assassin!Snape, 
perhaps in a bid to prove his loyalty to Voldemort by delivering 
Karkaroff's head on a pike?  Is there another way Snape might put 
one over on Voldemort and return to spying short of murdering 
Karkaroff in cold blood?  

Assassin!Snape was proposed in Message 46741.  It met considerable 
resistance from Snape fans, some of whom advocated variants in which 
Snape can continue to spy without spilling Karkaroff's blood.  
Messages 46822, 46839, 46852, 46853, 46857, 46873, 46878, 46887, 
46906, 46918, 46947, 46970, 46987, 46907, 46944, 46951, 46979, 
46987, 46991, 47007, 47008, 47037, 47038, 47045, 47046.

Whether Snape would ever do such a thing as bump off Karkaroff was 
hotly debated.  Sadly, hardly anyone thought Karkaroff would survive 
to the end of OoP.  Sadder still was the fact that hardly anyone 
cared.