[HPforGrownups] Re: Pondering a Snape thing

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 3174

milz wrote:

> I think Snape was very much aware who Wormtail, Padfoot, Moony and
> Prongs are. Remember he told Lupin and Harry that he thought HArry
> got the map straight from the manufacturers.

But he was speaking to one of the manufacturers! This is what I don't
understand. That whole exchange is so strange if you assume he knows at the
time that Lupin is Moony, from both Snape and Lupin.

> I think Snape had connected that Wormtail= Pettigrew= Sirius
> innocent. Perhaps not at the moment Sirius tranfigured, but maybe
> later.

And so he accepted Dumbledore's word, as someone suggested, and later
Dumbledore explained it to him? I can go with that; Snape is nothing if not
loyal.

> Afterall, a lot happened that night and it would take a while
> to absorb all of it! I think he completely realized it by the Leaving
> Feast. Harry had a difficult time reading Snape's expression when
> their eyes briefly met.

Yeah, I thought that was really significant, and could portend all sorts of
things.

> My guess is that Snape and Sirius have great trust in Dumbledore and
> that's the basis for working together. I still think they loathe each
> other, but they know of what Voldemort is capable and that outweighs
> their mutual dislike.

We hope.

--Amanda