Snape and the Malfoys (was Re: Harry's Putative Death)

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 42018

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "nplyon" <nplyon at y...> wrote:
> I think that Lucius was double-crossing Snape, 
> feeding him a sob story about following Voldemort because he was so 
> frightened and how glad he was to be back to normal once His
Darkness 
> disappeared from the scene. 

The problem with this theory for me is that it pretty much blows the
Competent!Snape theory out of the water, and I'm pretty fond of
Competent!Snape.  I mean, how useless is Snape going to be as a spy,
if after all this time he still hasn't figured out that Lucius is bad
news?  A semi-intelligent block of wood ought to be able to figure out
that Lucius is bad news, especially after he planted the diary on
Ginny in CoS.  And Snape isn't exactly the trusting,
think-the-best-of-everyone type, is he?

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com