Re: Snape_as_Harry_–_James_as_Slytherin_–_couples_-_Marten

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Magda Grantwich <mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
> > but then what do you think he [Snape] did do when he left the 
> > hospital wing that night?  It doesn't seem as if he's just 
popping 
> > down to Hogsmeade to pick up a snack for Dumbledore.
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> Beats me; we'll have to wait and see.  But he would not have been
> back for the banquet with no marks on him if he'd been to see V.
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I think he did go to Voldemort. The piece of information that I think 
we lack is some sort of evidence (carefully planned by Snape and 
Dumbeldore) that would convince Voldemort of Snape's loyalty to him. 
I'm thinking of those Alistair MacLaen books (which I adored) where 
people turn out to be spies, then double agents, then triple 
agents..I think that's the game Snape is playing, under Dumbledore's 
guidance.
I don't know and can't imagine what that crucial evidence is, but if 
Snape "returned" to Voldemort that night, it has to be there. I can't 
see Dumbledore sending Snape (or anybody) to spy for him without an 
extremely convincing cover story. The reason I'm pretty sure Snape 
did return is the drama and tension surrounding his unspecified 
mission, and the sense that he's doing something that is extremely 
hard for him. And I can't think of anything that would be harder for 
him than returning to Voldemort and insinuating himself back into his 
good graces (assuming, of course that he has truly gone over to the 
Good Side).



Naama