Pride/ambition in the spying game (Snape again)

[Dinah]

No: HPFGUIDX 17327

Lea pointed out that Snape might try to convince the DE and Voldy that he
never really left their side. Considering how much the Dark Lord cherishes
loyality this seems quite hopeless. But if he does anyway - just how much
will this hurt his ego?

We know Severus doesn't try to maintain his pride at all costs. Stepping
forward and showing his Dark Mark is only one example for that point. But
considering how much he seems to want to keep up his appearance I think he
would have great problems doing all the flattering and sliming he would've
to do in order to get back the DL's trust. I think that we all would have
problems with this.

I'm sure Severus learned quite early on that the job matters and not his
personal discomfort and that the price he has to pay is a very high one. He
sure is willing to pay it as long as he does the *right* thing and things
work out as they should.

But he's also a Slytherin at heart. Ambition -  someone brought up the lost
Order of Merlin, and I think that he wasn't too upset about it, he just was
upset to see that a murderer got away without punishment - is often linked
to public recognition. That's the kind of pride and ambition the Malfoy's
have, that even Ron has. Snape's ambition is to do things the right way and
be successfull at it. He probably is bitter about not getting the praise he
deserves, but it is not his main concern.

Still, acting the bad boy again and doing something that is so completely
against his nature might be difficult since he was out of the job for 14
years and isn't used to hide his opinion and be cautious about what he says
anymore.

Anyone have a completely different opinion? (We are giving the Snape-faqs a
headache, right?)

~ Dinah ~

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