Why Snape is at Hogwarts WAS Re: A new thought! A new thought! Several!

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "xp39c" <xp39c at y...> wrote:
> It is possible that Dumbledore was working on this potion, but very 
> unlikely that Snape was involved.  At the time, before Voldemort's 
> downfall, most people still thought Snape a Death Eater, as 
evidenced 
> by the fact that Karkaroff had no idea that Snape had switched 
sides 
> months after.  Snape would definitely not be working at Hogwarts at 
> the time.  It is most likely that Snape got the job after 
> Voldermort's fall.

I always assumed that Snape WAS working at Hogwarts at that time, in 
a similar role to what he may be playing in the future.  I thought of 
him as a double (triple?) agent - making Voldemort think he was 
spying for him at Hogwarts, while actually being in league with 
Dumbledore.  The flaw in this idea is that, if he were at Hogwarts 
all that time, he would have had far less time to be getting info 
from Voldemort, like about how they were targetting the Potters.  I 
am not hooked on the idea of a potion that was concocted involving 
Lily's sacrifice (I can't believe they were making something they 
knew would involve her dying), I just like the idea that Snape's roll 
at Hogwarts (in the past or the present) is to use his potion-making 
skills for research.  Because, otherwise, why would he be there?  
Just because Dumbledore trusts him doesn't mean he would keep him on 
as an obviously sadistic teacher who shows hatred towards most of his 
students.  There's got to be another reason, and that's why I like 
the research idea.

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