Snape (still!)

[judyserenity]

No: HPFGUIDX 33734

"Olwyn" <igenite_olwyn at y...> wrote:
> Was [Snape] ever a true DE in the first place?...  
> Was he possibly a double agent for Dumbledore et al right from the 
> beginning... 
> Olwyn (who's determined to prove somehow that Snape is completely 
> worthy of our adoration)


Well, of *course* Snape is worthy of your adoration!

But, I think it's pretty clear that Snape was a real Death Eater at 
one time.  In the Pensieve scene, Dumbledore says "Severeus Snape was 
indeed a Death eater.  However, he rejoined our side before Lord 
Voldemort's downfall, and turned spy for us..."  So, in this short 
quote, Dumbledore actually says 3 times that Snape was a Death Eater. 
In addition to directly saying "Snape was indeed a Death eater," 
Dumbledore also talks of Snape *rejoining* Dumbledore's side and 
*turning* spy, both of which imply that Snape was initially a true 
Death Eater.  If Snape had been on Dumbledore's side all along, I'm 
sure Dumbledore would have said so.  


Bonnie / sing2wine said:
> I didn't realize there would be so many Snape champions on in this 
> group! I for one, hate him! I cannot forget that Draco Malfoy is
> his favorite student ... for Snape to still be so 
> cruel to Harry and to still favor Malfoy makes him intensely 
> dislikable to me. Fairplay is very important to me - Snape does not 
> do that. He's always taking points from Gryffindor for things he 
> ignores in Slytherin...

Bonnie, thems fightin' words!!! (Just kidding. Welcome to the forum!)

The character of Snape is highly open to interpretation.  Perhaps he 
is only pretending to like Draco, in order to ingratiate himself with 
Lucius Malfoy and be in a position to spy on the Death Eaters again.  
This would also explain why he he has to be mean to Harry (who 
vanquished Voldy), Hermione (who is a "mudblood"), and Neville (whose 
dad was an Auror) and why he is nice to the Slytherins, many of whom 
have Death Eaters for parents.  Given how important spying on Voldy 
would be, it might justify how mean Snape is to the Gryffindors.  Not 
to mention, his own life is at stake.  

I made a longer version of this argument within the past couple of 
weeks.  It should be in the archives somewhere...