Who was the Useful Spy?

[gwendolyngrace]

No: HPFGUIDX 35421

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Felicia Rickmann" <felicia.rickmann at d...>
wrote:
> Conjectures.....  What if this * Useful Spy * was Snape in situ as a
card carrying Death Eater?

Many, many listies accept this as virtual fact. There is a great deal
of circumstantial evidence pointing to this connection. In fact, it is
one of the strong timbers laid along the hull of the Good Ship
LOLLIPOPS, as well the yard-arm for many a mast of other SHIP theories.

It's a little difficult to search for the backup on this one, but try
running "Potters tip" a few times, hitting the "Next" button on the
search engine in the archives, and you'll get many messages about this.


However, Felicia, I'm not sure I follow the logic that brought you to
refute the vampire theory. You make a reasonable argument (that
Dumbledore wouldn't allow a vamp to teach kids), but I just don't see
how you got there from where along the timeline it happened.

And furthermore, much as I would *like* to refute the vampire thing
once and for all (come on, book 5!), your point is inconclusive. After
all, Dumbledore accepted the risk of the werewolf. Or are you saying
there's a difference between vamps, who presumably need a daily fix
(though that's never been established in Rowling's universe), and
werewolves, who are human most of the time?

Either way, I'm not sure it flies. And I certainly don't understand
how it relates to how old Harry was when Snape started teaching.

Granted, the timeline would tell us something about D's level of trust
in ol' Sev, as well as how quickly he rose to head Slytherin House,
but in terms of being a vampire? What does it matter if Harry was 2 or 7?


Gwen