2xSnape,

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 22971

--- 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

Thank you, Amanda!
Clarification - I was not for one moment suggesting that Snape is a 
coward, and as Amanda says, I am more interested here about what 
other people's perceptions of Snape are.

Question:  If Karkaroff isn't the one who has left forever, why does 
Crouch/Moody seem sure that Voldemort is going to pursue him if not 
to kill him?  I know he says that the cowardly one "will pay" - but 
that seems to me less drastic than the death which Crouch seems to 
think is reserved for Karkaroff.  I thought that the cowardly one 
would be brought back on side - perhaps tortured a little, but forced 
back into service.  That's why I thought it was Snape.  Another 
thing - it is common knowledge in the wizarding world that Karkaroff 
turned traitor - he betrayed people, he renounced Voldemort - he did 
not pretend that he was under the Imperious Curse.  Snape's position 
is much more enigmatic.  For all we know, Voldemort could have 
thought that Snape was forced into working for Dumbledore - again, 
Voldemort could have sent Snape to Dumbledore as a spy, not realising 
that he had turned - and now thinks that he is too scared to come 
back.  The options are limitless.

What I am saying is, that it seems clear that Karkaroff has betrayed 
Voldemort and the DEs and has therefore burnt his bridges.   We do 
not know the same for Snape - we do not know how he stands with 
Voldemort.  IMHO, anyway.

Catherine