Snape's Task and Crouch-Moody as Teacher

[clugo at ukonline.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 15827

Cripes this is difficult! - lots of people wrote lots of things and I 
want to comment on some of them but I don't quite know how to get 
quotes from several posts into one reply so apologies for any wrongly 
contributed quotes.

>foxmoth at q... wrote:
> 
> I think that polyjuice will show up again; it's far too useful a 
plot device to be ignored.> 
 
I actually hope it doesn't show up again, it reminds me too much of 
the Star Trek transporter in that if you are not careful it is 
necessary to explain in every plot why it can't be used to solve the 
current problems "too much floo powder in the ionosphere for the use 
of polyjuice captain" (Apologies to non Star-Trekkers)


Doreen <nera at r...> wrote:
> IMHO, his following around the Marauders but no mention of Snape 
ever being an animagi, has been downplayed. (has this ever been 
considered?)>

I have wondered this too and also if Dumbledore was one as he was 
Transfiguration teacher - but then just how many unregistered animagi 
are there ? But this and the suggestion that Snape might use 
some "super" polyjuice to be come a snake doesn't tie in with my 
feeling that the exchange between Dumbledore & Snape refers to a long 
standing contingency plan that is coming into play.  

As to Snape returning to Voldemorte/Deatheaters as either long time 
double agent or penitent.  I think the fact that Harry muses (Chp 
37)  "Had he (Snape)made contact with the Death Eaters perhpas? 
Pretended that he had never really gone over to Dumbledore..." 
probably makes this unlikely - I don't find it likely that JKR would 
spell out Snape's task like this.

koinonia02 at y... wrote:
> 
> > > The only group left, in my mind, is the Dementors. >

Although I am inclined to think the "third party" thing is possible I 
don't know what could be achieved with the Dementors - they aren't 
portrayed as beings that can be reasoned with. Only bribing them with 
souls would seem to have any sway and I don't imagine Dumbledore 
doing this.

>>Amanda Lewansk i <editor at t...> wrote: What about the goblins?<<

I have been meaning to read the things Binns said about the Goblin 
rebellion because this kind of seemingly throw away information does 
seem to surface as important later on.  So I do think the Goblins are 
a possibility.

And finally

<< "Doreen" <nera at r...> wrote
Here's a challenge: what OTHER task is it possible for Snape to
undertake that does NOT include going back to V?>>

I thought Snape might be setting himself up as bait for a trap that 
Dumbledore has already planned - for example booking a parent/teacher 
evening with Lucius Malfoy outside of Hogwarts (or something a bit 
more subtle than that).

Chris