Voldemort's Opinion of Cowardice: [wasRe: 2xSnape]

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 22959

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> Susanne Schmid wrote:
> 
> > --- blpurdom at y... ha scritto:
> > <Snape, as the one who has left Voldemort forever, now
> > <has a big honking target on him. Snape is NOT a
> > <coward
> >
> > OK, I agree with you that Snape is not a coward,
> 
> Guys, whether Snape is or is not a coward is not the point. This
> observation is Voldemort's opinion. He, Voldemort, considers one a
> coward. The person in question need not be, for Voldemort to hold 
that
> opinion.
> 
> --Amanda, who thinks both views are valid and can't wait for book 5
> 
Actually, Voldemort considers all his Death Eaters except Barty 
Junior and the LeStranges cowards.

Barty went to jail rather than renounce/sell out Voldemort.

The other Death Eaters jumped to say they'd been under the Imperius 
Curse or the Cruciatus Curse and so had no choice but to do 
Voldemort's bidding.

None of the other Death Eaters tried to find Voldemort after his 
downfall when he tried to kill the Potter family.   Even Pettigrew 
framed Sirius Black for his own death and took to the sewers, 
believing Voldemort dead and gone or at least no longer a force 
sufficient to protect him.

In GoF, when the Death Eaters formed the circle around him, Voldemort 
had silkily harsh words for Lucius [who had actually tried to help 
Voldemort along with Riddle's diary] and the other Death Eaters who 
had not searched the world over for him to serve him and help him 
back to strength. 

He had harsher words for the Death Eaters who did not apparate into 
the circle [Karkaroff, and anyone else missing] when the DarkMark 
returned on their arms. 

By this time I believe it's fairly likely Voldemort knows Snape is a 
mole. Though given Voldemort's conceit, he may believe Dumbledore's 
the one who is going to get the rude awakening.

Severus' hatred for Harry is serving him well to masque his true 
motives from Voldemort.

Indigo