Snape the spy

[Maggie]

No: HPFGUIDX 18164

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., tigerlily at q... wrote:
> I always assumed Snape would take up his previous job: a spy.  He 
> could go back to Voldemort, claim he was "biding his time, waiting 
> for a sign of Voldemort's return" as Malfoy did.
>
> Of course, this would present a few problems.  He would have to 
> explain why he was against Quirrel, why he didn't kill Harry, etc.  

  I have an idea for the Harry bit: In PoA, Sirius says about 
Wormtail "You weren't about to commit murder right under Albus 
Dumbeldore's nose, for a wreck of a wizard who'd lost all of his 
powers, were you?"
  This could apply to Snape: you'd have to be incredibly stupid to 
kill The Boy Who Lived almost right in front of Dumbledore. 
  As for Quirrel, IMO, Snape didn't kill him because he knew that 
Voldemort was using Quirrel as a host. Easy enough for Snape to 
explain that to Voldemort

> Another thing that I've been wondering about.  Someone said in one 
> book that "Dumbledore had a number of useful spies, and one of them 
> tipped him off that Voldemort was after the Potter," or something 
> along those lines.  
 
  It's quite likely that Snape was the spy, I think. Who else would 
be able to hear Voldemort's plan to get the Potters and alert 
Dumbledore without having Dumbledore discredit the information 
because the source wasn't reliable? Would you trust a Death Eater, 
after all? Thought I wonder...what did Snape really do to get 
Dumbledore to trust him so much? (If this was explored somewhere in 
the list, someone let me know. It's been bothering me for some time) 

Oh, and Fudge said "Dumbledore...had a number of useful spies. One of 
them tipped him off and he alerted James and Lily at once." durring 
the scene at the Three Broomsticks in PoA. (Handy thing, to have my 
books within reach!)
  
> Wouldn't it be interesting if that spy were Snape?  That would have 
> been quite a moral delema for him... Almost like Malfoy saving 
Harry.

  Ooooh, fun idea! I wouldn't be surprised if it did happen sometime 
in the next books...Malfoy (on accident, perhaps?) saving Harry's 
life, or vise versa? Potter saving Malfoy? Eerie, considering that 
James saved Snape that one time, and if Snape was the spy, he tried 
to save James by telling Dumbledore...

Maggie
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