Secret Agent Snape in OotP

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No: HPFGUIDX 76587

--- "severusbook4" wrote:
> In SS, Quirrel talks of Snape trying to stop him from 
> finding the SS and thwarting him in his attempt to kill Harry 
> during the quidditch match.  He does this while Lord Voldy is 
> attached to the back of his head.  So how is Snape going to pull 
> off being a DE while he was actively trying to stop Lord Voldy from 
> coming back to power in the first book?  Lord Voldy had to hear the 
> conversations Quirrell had with Snape and Harry, and he is probably 
> pretty angry about a former DE being against him.(serious 
> understatement) IMHO I think Snape is toast, Lord Voldy is just 
> trailing him on, until his usefulness runs out, Snape must be 
> feeding him some information, just nothing very critical to the 
> OotP, just enough to keep him alive.  What does everyone else 
> think?  This has been bothering me after re-reading the SS.

ANSWER: Voldi was left without knowing who suppoeted him for many 
years. Even though Snape WAS a Death Eater, Voldi didn't know if he 
could trust Snape enough in PS/SS to reveal that he was attatched to 
Quirrel's head. 

Snape thought he was thwarting Quirrel from stealing the Stone that 
could create Gold. He had no knowledge that Voldi was there. After 
all, Snape cornered Quirrel and almost threatened him saying, "You 
don't want me as your enemy, Quirrell." (not the sort of thing anyone 
is brave enough to say to Voldemort himself.)

After Harry faced Voldi in that book, everyone heard of the 
Quirrel/Voldi connection - Snape too. When Snape returned, he didn't 
go naively. He had to explain in a way Voldi liked.

Part of what Snape took to Voldi was the same thing he gave Voldi 
before the Lord's downfall - an inside agent close to the only wizard 
Voldi feared, Dumbledore. - and now, also, the only person who 
survived the Dark Lord's assasination attempt, Harry.

Does Voldi plan to kill Snape? Voldi cares about power, not people. The 
only thing that could save him is if JKR has other plans for Snape. 

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