[HPforGrownups] Re:Snape's "mind set"

[kelly broughton]

No: HPFGUIDX 44240


--- jodel at aol.com wrote:
 Even if he behaved the perfect
> gent 
> (which, with his disposition, would be a strain -- he is not a *nice*
> man) 
> there would still be rumors flying about of his DE background. And it
> would 
> take next to no effort to confirm those rumors to anyone who decided to 
> investigate. To the wizarding world, he is always going to be an
> ex-Death 
> Eater. 
> 

(snip rest of EXCELLENT post)

I cannot help but notice that you make the assumption that Snape's DE
background is well-known... but is it? I have to wonder. Granted, Harry is
still learning things about the WW while he lives in it, but until PoA he
didn't have a clue that Snape used to be a DE, and neither did Ron (who
you think would know, if Snape's past IS "common knowledge") or Hermione.
>From what I can tell from canon, the only ppl who seem to be aware of
Snape's history are:
the Hogwarts faculty (and probrably not all of them)
the few Slytherins that we actually know of
at least some of the DE's (Lucius, for example)
Voldemort
Harry and co. 
Sirius (I think- correct me if I'm wrong) 

Speaking of Sirius, he had no clue what it meant when Harry tells him
about Karkaroff showing Snape something on his left arm in PoA, which does
make me wonder if he knew Snape was a DE. If there are others that know,
Rowling has not yet seen fit to let us know about it.

-kel, who has wondered before how secret Snape's past actually is, and
also hopes Rowling publishes a biography (or autobio!) about Snape,
authorised or not.






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