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

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 42083

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "darrin_burnett" <bard7696 at a...> wrote:
> > Yeah, but who cares if Snape is captured and reveals that he 
knew 
> > Lucius is a DE?  It's not like Voldemort is going to go, "Oh, my 
> > gosh, Lucius is a DE? I had no idea!  This changes all my evil 
> > plans!"
> 
> 
> Nooooo... but maybe that the diary is still out there, that lots 
of 
> other V-Mort items are still in Lucius' basement -- it's entirely 
> possible Lucius doesn't just hand everything back to V-Mort -- or 
> that Ginny Weasley is a potential tool for V-Mort now that she has 
> been touched by the diary. 

The diary is not "still out there" in any meaningful sense: Harry 
stabbed it with a basilisk fang and wiped Tom Riddle's memories from 
it.  It's now just an old blank book with a hole in the middle.

Voldemort knows how much stuff he had before he got discorporated, 
and he knows how much stuff he has now.  If anything important is 
missing, Lucius' basement is the first place he's likely to look 
even without Snape's help.

Given the existence of the Imperio curse, *everyone* is a potential 
tool for V-mort, touched by the diary or not.  And Ginny Weasley 
isn't exactly a key figure whose fate will make or break the 
Wizarding World.

Overall, I would say that the risk attached to this information is 
miniscule compared to the risk of letting Snape go around thinking 
that one of his enemies is actually a trusted friend.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com