[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape the double agent

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 7910

Keith Fraser wrote:

> When he made his speech in the
> graveyard, Voldemort said there was one Death Eater who had left him
> forever, and who would be killed. That must have been Snape (the one
> too scared to return was Karkaroff).

Ah, but you know those "musts" are what trip us up! Voldemort gives no
specifics. He *believes* that the one has left him forever, and if so must
be killed, but if that is Snape, and Snape convinces him that he (S) has
gotten over whatever was so unforgivable, then it is conceivable that
Voldemort would accept him back.

See, I'm of the school that thinks Snape loved Lily, and what has made
Snape's return to Voldemort so not-even-entertained by both Dumbledore and
Voldemort is that Voldemort killed Lily. Soooo, if Snape can manage to
convincingly produce words that seem to betray Lily (by telling Voldemort
he's cool with it now), there's a chance he can do the spy gig again.

--Amanda, the one holding the "Snape" banner