[HPforGrownups] Snape's Task and Crouch-Moody as Teacher

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 15589

Dave Hardenbrook wrote:
> 
> At 06:02 PM 3/29/01 +0000, irbohlen at email.unc.edu wrote:
> >Secondly, [and this _is_ someone else's idea, but I can't find it or
> >any responses] what if Snape's task were to go back to Voldemort as
> >Barty Crouch Jr.? Is there any way Lord V could know that Barty has
> >been "kissed"? Snape could brew up some Polyjuice Potion, and return
> >to Lord V as his most faithful lieutenant, rather than his own
> >disgraced self..
> 
> I never thought of that!  You may be right.  It would certainly
> save Snape the peril of trying to convince V that he's really on
> his side.

Though (even apart from all the objections that have already been
raised) it would mean that Snape would have to keep the real
Barty Jr. captive or otherwise available, as Barty Jr. himself
did with the real Moody.  Brrrrr.


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>