[HPforGrownups] Snape as Head of Slytherin

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 30628

Liquidfire wrote:

> Margaret wrote:
> >Tangential to this:  assuming that Snape's fundamental loyalty
> =is= to Dumbledore (which as a Snapefan of sorts, I do tend to
> assume), I wonder if he and Dumbledore actually have an
> "understanding" that if anything does happen to Dumbledore, Snape
> =will= become Headmaster, therefore letting the DE's and LV think
> they have achieved a victory when they in fact haven't.  Can you
> imagine how horrified the Trio would be?  :)
> 
> The shock will be great, I bet.  But then, LV seems to know that Snape has
> 'left them forever'. 

Assuming that's who he meant when he said that . . .  Rowling
leaves that whole passage tantalizingly ambiguous.

> That leaves Lucius as the clueless one.  Still, if
> Snape does become Headmaster (whoa!), how long can he hold out against the
> Dark Forces?  I'm pretty sure he's not in the same league as Dumbledore and
> LV.

Maybe not, but he does know how the Death Eaters operate, how
they think, etc.  He might be able to anticipate a lot of their
moves and plan out countermeasures beforehand.
 
> And no, I just remembered.  It seems McGonagall seems to be the
> next-in-line.  She's currently Deputy Headmistress, and she did take over
> for a short while when Dumbledore was, um, "sacked", back in CS.

Yes, but there was the implication that that was only a
short-term measure.  Draco seems to think that if Lucius can get
Dumbledore sacked, he can get Snape appointed in his place.  Not
that Draco Malfoy is the world's most reliable source, but it
does make sense that the Hogwarts Board of Governors would have
to approve a permanent replacement for Dumbledore, and if they
want (or are influenced to want) Snape instead of McGonagall,
then Snape it would be.  And for the reasons stated above, if
McGonagall was in Dumbledore's confidence about this, she might
not register more than a token protest.

If you're going to get the better of those Death Eaters, ya gotta
be =sneaky!=  :)


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>