Snape

[nyarth_meow]

No: HPFGUIDX 35983

Leon wrote:
> I am new here, so perhaps I've missed another sub-thread. But I 
>honestly think that Snape has "enhanced" his opinions for the sake 
>of the fight that is coming. Dumbledore is much more "aware" than he 
>appears to many of his colleagues. Snape is perhaps one of the most 
>perceptive wizards we have met. These people knew clearly that 
>Voldemort, not dead, would be coming back. And that they would need 
>someone on "the inside" when that time came to pass.


I absolutely agree.  It's the perfect cover.  What possible reason  
would Voldemort have to suspect him when even people on the "good" 
side (Harry, Sirius, Moody with his sceptical look in the pensieve) 
think he's up to something nasty.  I believe these are very real  
resentments he has, but it suits him to bare a grudge, rather than 
letting them go.  It keeps him safe, no less.  
 
 It could also account for why we haven't yet found out why  
Dumbledore trusts Snape, despite all the infighting between Black and 
Snape being a potential hazard to the cause.  Surely a simple  
explanation could sort it all out?  Maybe it suits Dumbledore's plan 
for relations in his camp to be none too cosy.   And explains why  
Dumbledore never takes Snape to one side and tells him "For God's 
sake, stop being so psychotic and childish!"
 
 Mind you, I do think Snape walks a lonely path as a spy.  He can't  
really make any genuine friendships, because he is betraying the  
Death Eaters, and yet all these Good Guys he is busting a gut to  
save can't stand him.  

-Nyarth (also new around here... 21/f/UK   hello!)