Sometimes things just have to smack me upside the head.......

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Carol responds:



And Snape would still be a Death Eater!



Seriously, though, do we know for sure that Snape knows about Neville
as a potential Prophecy boy? Maybe he just can't tolerate incompetence,....

I write back:
Yup, Snape would still be a Death Eater and yes, he can't stand incompetence. Look how hard he was on other students. If you weren't in Slytherin, you were worthless in his eyes. Competence was not a redeeming factor. Look at his disdain & abuse of Hermione. He picked on everyone who wasn't a Slytherin but he picked on Neville the most. (i.e., Snape's comments to Lupin in the first DADA class in POA.) Neville, being who he was, was worse in Potions because of Snape's actions.

I think Snape could easily have figured out who the two potentials (Harry & Neville) could have been. He was a Death Eater as soon as he could be and may have even helped Voldemort figure out who the potentials could be. As far as I can tell Snape was the only DE who knew exactly why the prophecy was important.

Snape is a very smart man. One of the reasons I didn't buy the premise of Snape murdering DD was that two such intelligent people, who were already working together, would have a plan of their own.

---Mary


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