Odp: [HPforGrownups] Snape and Light Side

[Monika Zaboklicka]

No: HPFGUIDX 11191


>> Snape finds Harry outside of Dumbledore's office and tells him
>> Dumbledore is busy.  After a bit of arguing, Dumbledore comes
>> out of his office, and when he hears what Harry has to say,
>> asks Harry to lead the way, leaving Snape standing behind, angry.
>
>This is something I never understand.  By this time (GoF), Snape
>definitely should have noticed already that Harry only tries to see
>Dumbledore when he has good reason, information for D that D wants to
>know, info against V.

Why? To my best knowledge, the three of them met in one place only four
times before: when Harry and Ron arrived at Hogwarts in Mr. Wesley's ford;
second time, after Mrs. Norris was petrified and Dumbledore was examinining
her in Lockhart's office; third time after Black escaped
("This...has...something ...to do... with Potter!" - the best example of
intuitive deduction there is in all four books, IMO) and fourth time, after
Harry became fourth champion in Triwizard Tournament.
In first case, Harry was the guilty party. In the other three, he was not,
but Snape didn't have to believe it - there weren't any solid proofs of
Harry's innocence.
Keeping Harry in front of Dumbledore's door was just a little malice. I
don't believe that Snape would be able to keep old D. from Harry, even if he
wanted to.

>I suppose this is an excuse for me to yet again suggest that someone
>(other than me) write an omniscient version of GoF which shows that
>*Snape* is the Death Eater loyally serving V at Hogwarts

Oh dear, what a hard thing to read for a Snape fan... And be warned: I'm
almost fanatic :-)

>Moody really was Moody
>but on the day of the Maze, Snape put him under Imperius Curse to do
>that bad stuff -- while Harry was in graveyard, Snape knocked out Moody
>and put him in the trunk

Wonder why Moody didn't tell Dumbledore about it after he was freed. And
wonder why nobody noticed that one of the teachers who were patrolling the
maze suddenly went missing with a little help from another teacher...

>and Polyjuiced young Crouch and put Imperius
>Curse on young Crouch (or simply hypnotised him as to what he was to do
>and what story he was to tell)

What was Barty Jr. doing at Hogwarts? And believe me - if they weren't
cooperating, Snape wouldn't have time to hypnotise Crouch into telling all
this things- he'd have to hypnotise Barty, tell him the story and order him
to repeat it to Dumbledore. And, of course, he'd have to guess what
Dumbledore would be asking for...

> Snape made FAKE Veritaserum, so young
>Crouch's word cannot be trusted as truthful

Hey, maybe he invented a
"tell-a-probable-fairy-tale-which-matches-Potter's-story" Potion?
I always supposed the guy is a genius, now I know that ;-)

>Snape set the Dementor on
>young Crouch to avoid discovery of Crouch's innocence and Snape's
>scheme.

He also bewitched McGonagall, I guess, because she clearly accused Fudge.

>I haven't yet figured out the alternate interpretations of
>Crouch Sr, Winky, and the Dark Mark at the World Cup.

Here's some help - once upon the time, Snape was bored. In order to amuse
himself, he taught Winky how to conjure the Dark Mark. Winky tried this out
at the World Cup, but Crouch Sr. caught the wind of things and tried to get
Snape punished for his horrible action. Unfortunately, Dumbledore wouldn't
believe that his Potions master could do such an awful thing. Crouch tried
several ways to punish Severus, but none of them worked. Finally, Snape's
impunity started to get on his nerves. And one day he went to Hogwarts, only
to die from the fangs of a huge bat...

I can imagine a couple of other stories, each worse than this one. So
beware!

Monika Z.