[HPforGrownups] Snape the spy

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 18203

> > --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Magda Grantwich <mgrantwich at y...> 
> > The task Snape is sent on at the end of GoF is this: he is to 
> > brew up a batch of Polyjuice Potion 
> > and then transform himself into Harry as a decoy for Voldemort.


> The problem is that very little time elapses between when they 
> found out that Barty Crouch has been sucked soul-less and when
> Dumbledore says to Snape "You know what you have to do."  Whatever 
> it is, it has to be something they have planned out in advance.  I 
> have been puzzling over this for months and I can not come up with 
> a theory that fits all the circumstances.
> > 
> > --Joywitch

I don't think Crouch Jr. matters in my suggestion.  Dumbledore and
Snape have known for a long time that Harry is going to be key to
destroying Voldemort once and for all.  They know that something will
trigger that moment sooner or later.  No reason they can't have it in
mind all through the years while they're waiting.

But I don't think Snape is going back to Voldemort even as a spy. 
Even accepting that V. isn't all that bright (as opposed to ruthless
and determined), he is very suspicious and even a legit Snape would
probably not get close enough to make the offer before being
flame-broiled.



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