[HPforGrownups] Snape and Lucius Malfoy

[Dinah]

No: HPFGUIDX 17317

Lea wrote (among other respectfully snipped comments)
>Was Snape surprised that Lucius Malfoy was present there?
>Does Lucius know Snape was Dumbledores spy? Does he trust him at all?
>Does he see Snape as a secret ally or as an enemy? Is he happy with
>Draco being "tutored" by Snape in Slytherin or does he mind?

The following theory can only be reasonable if we assume that the "one who
has left us forever" comment of Voldemort wasn't directed at the absent
Snape. Which raises the problem that Snape *was* at the DE meeting - which
means he would have known that Lucius was there *and* saw everything that
happened to Harry.

I mean, if Voldemort knows that Snape betrayed him, how can Malfoy not know?

My "theorie" (which is based on opinion and my imagination, since there are
little facts given) is that Lucius doesn't know that Severus spied fo
Dumbledore. I think Lucius was a "friend" (yeah, great friend) of Severus
back in Hogwarts and the most imprtant reason why he joined the
death-eaters. I don't see Snape as the violent kill-and-toture-them-all
person most DE are. I guess he sympathisized with some of the DE principles
and because he was in the clique and the ideas got promoted he joined up,
hoping that he'd find equally thinking minds. When he found out that it was
all about killing and torturing and hadn't really to do with principles he
left the DE and started to spy for Dumbledore (with all the rule-enforcement
he probably he has a huge sense for what's right and what's wrong and wants
to see people punished).

I don't think he was really surprised to see Malfoy there. We could assume -
of course - that he was so blinded by this friendship (we don't even know
truly exists) that he thought Lucius had given up on his radical ideology.
But I think he was more concerned that his cover had been blown somehow, by
a comment or anything. It just would have been a natural reaction when
hearing that someone who knows that you work at Hogwarts and for Dumbledore
now is near your former master.

As for what Lucius thinks about Snape... He probably thinks he has gone
soft. He is contented with Snape being as head of Slytherin at Hogwarts,
teaching Draco, but surely doesn't think it's a great thing. Ambition is the
keyword, once again. And being at Hogwarts with *Dumbledore* as headmaster
isn't a great achievement in Malfoy*s eyes. Maybe he thinks Snape is biding
his time and therefore keeps away from him because he doesn't want to
endanger the postition and thinks Severus might be useful someday, maybe he
just doesn't care what happened to him and thinks his life is rather
pathetic.

Generally I don't think he sees Severus as an enemy - obviously it isn't
common knowledge that he tried to keep Voldemort from rising to power in PS.

 ~ Dinah ~

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