Snape and Malfoy

[Aja]

No: HPFGUIDX 32789


On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 Edblanning at aol.com wrote:

> As for the rekindled discussion of Snape and Malfoy, surely the important 
> point is that Malfoy almost certainly knew that Snape was a DE. 

I'm not sure I believe that.  The more I think about it the more in the
dark I believe Malfoy is about the activities of the DEs.  For one thing,
Malfoy knew nothing about Tom Riddle or the identity of Slytherin's Heir
in book 2, even though his father definitely knew and was responsible for
incriminating Ginny.  For another thing, in PoA at one point, he mocks
Harry by saying, "I'd go after him, I'd want revenge if I were you," in
regard to the murderer Sirius Black.  Granted, at that point *everybody*
thinks Sirius is evil, but I have a strong suspicion that Lucius Malfoy
would have known that Sirius wasn't the spy who betrayed the Potters. As a
close supporter of Voldemort he would have been aware that Pettigrew was
working for LV--however, Malfoy seems to have no knowledge of this.

Then again, I'm of the opinion that things are working towards a rude
awakening for Malfoy when he finds out in later books just *how*
nasty/evil the DEs are and just how involved his father is.  I see his
response to Snape as hinging around two things: a shared dislike of Harry
Potter, and a shared worldview--Purebloods are superier to Half-bloods and
Muggles--that has never really come up for questioning in his experiences. 

I'm not holding out for Reformed!Malfoy or anything but I think he's got a
lot to learn, information about the Deatheaters included.

Aja

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