Sirius Poisoning (was A mole in the order? / Sirius - who is right?)

[jstuart57]

No: HPFGUIDX 74823

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Talisman" (or her head) wrote:

Talisman (or her head) wrote:
> Talisman's head, popping into your electronic hearth for a moment, 
> says:
> Since this topic is still bubbling up, I'll just add that it 
doesn't 
> seem that anyone but the readers are suspecting poisoning--and all 
> of them think that only Voldy's mole would do such a thing.  
> Therefore when they consider "obvious" Snape they conclude he 
really 
> is still a bad-guy; and so jump, not so obviously, right down the 
> wrong rabbit-hole.  No one in the Order is going to go after Snape, 
> because he is obedient to DD.

I ought to have changed the subject line when I posted my earlier 
comments re: Mole in the Order.  My apologies.  

If I may clarify: I do not believe Snape (or anyone else at this 
point) to be a mole in the Order. Voldemort has successfully 
infiltrated the MoM, but I don't think he's gotten to the Order. 

But poisoning Black is a different story.  I do believe that Black 
may have been ingesting something that was doing him no good.  Snape 
is a skilled (not to mention a tad vindictive) potions master who is 
eminently capable of brewing a little something to bewitch the mind 
and ensare the senses, especially if he could get back at Black a 
bit.  

I have since rethought my assertion that Snape would go as far as 
killing Black.  While I doubt he would mourn his enemy, I don't think 
he would actually facilitate, much less perpetrate the deed himself.  
(Unless, of course, Black suddenly turned into a DE or something.)  
Snape seems to be on the road to redemption, and premeditated murder 
does not generally lie along that path.  But redemption in one area 
doesn't necessarily mean someone is nice through and through.  Snape 
is certainly not above toying with Black or increasing Black's 
misery, especially since other than providing a place to stay, Black 
appears to be doing nothing to further the work of the Order. If 
Black were a bit more crazy and miserable, it wouldn't necessarily 
impede the Order.  Could it be that Dumbledore may even have known 
what Snape was up to and not stopped it, hoping it would provide 
enough of a vent for Snape to allow him to continue the Occlumency 
lessons?  No, my man Snape isn't "nice." Nevertheless, being nasty 
doesn't mean one is a mole for Voldemort; Snape is no turncoat.

> Talisman, who woulldn't mind a bit of toast, if you have it.

Please, may I offer you like some jam as well? <extends toast to 
Talisman>

Regards,
JoAnn