What Did Snape Do In GoF?/ Ghosts

[lucky_kari]

No: HPFGUIDX 34633

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "judyserenity" <judyshapiro at e...> wrote:
> However, it's not clear that Snape was supposed to know about 
> Quirrel's allegiance to Voldemort.  Perhaps Snape thought Quirrel 
> wanted the Philosopher's Stone for himself. Some here have 
speculated 
> the Voldy was hiding his presence from Snape, because Voldy was very 
> weak and was unsure of Snape's loyalty to him.  This sounds 
plausible 
> to me.  

Yes, this is a possibility, but Voldemort's knowledge that Snape saved 
Harry's life bothered me still till one day, it occured to me that 
Voldemort is in... well not a forgiving mood... but he is letting past 
offenders into the fold again. Many of his ex-DEs now work at the 
Ministry, many of them were probably involved in prosecuting and 
imprisoning practicers of the Dark Arts (Voldie's secret followers). 
He's forgiving them. Why not forgive Snape for what is essentially the 
same offense?


> This theory sounds right to me.  I wonder, though, why Nick can't 
just 
> detach his head?  I mean, Nick can change his clothes, so he's not 
> completely stuck in the form he had when he died.  And, the "quarter 
> inch of skin and sinew" holding his head on must be dust for 
centuries 
> by now.  Maybe Nick *could* detach his head, if he realized he had 
the 
> power to do so? 

I'd rather thought that clothes are accidentals to the ghost, while 
the head hanging on by an inch is an essential. However, I think there 
is a way Nick's business could be finished. Hermione just needs to 
look up where he's buried, and ceremonially remove the head from the 
body. :-) 
 
Eileen