Harry in NEWT Potions Class? Snape against both Voldie and Dumbly.

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 87769

Anne-
but Snape is in real, mortal danger here. Somehow, he has to balance 
what he IS (Remember--as far as we all know, by cannon rules--he is a 
Dumbledore supporter), and what he needs to be for Voldemort, Lucius 
and the other Death Eaters not to suspect him (IE: A true-blooded, 
Muggle and Mudblood hating, just as vicious as they are, Death 
Eater). And somehow, he has to do all this WITHOUT seeming to have 
lost his nerve in the DE community or getting found out by the 
same... 

Alla-
Snape is in danger indeed and I respect him for that, but 
may I remind you that he brought all of this on himself. He took this 
job to atone for his past sins and even the fact that he does it is 
great, but it is not like he joined as a spy from the beginning. It 
is reasonable assumption to make that he commited all these 
montrocities himself.
 
vmonte-
I don't feel sorry for Snape.  In fact I believe that Snape is not on 
the side of Dumbledore's OOTP, nor Voldemort's DE. Snape is only 
interested in himself. He is manipulating both sides. I think he may 
be waiting for both sides to destroy each other so that he can then 
make his move for power. He does just enough to please both sides, 
while at the same time manipulates events as he sees fit.   

Snape has been trying to get Harry and his friends expelled from the 
school since day one--and I feel that Snape is responsible for 
Sirius' death.  How many times did Snape verbally attack Sirius while 
he was at the OOTP headquarters?  I remember him calling Sirius a 
coward (many times).  I think he wanted Sirius out of the way and he 
knew that goading him would force him out in the open. 

I also think that Snape purposefully wanted Harry to see his 
memories. I think he did not want to teach Harry the Occulmency 
lessons and he needed an excuse to stop.  Snape's memories are also 
disturbing to me. There are several times in his memory that Snape 
has recorded events that he could not possibly have seen. Several 
times he is transfixed with what he is reading yet his memory has 
recorded other conversations and events outside his field of vision 
and hearing.  Snape even sees what is happening around him when he is 
hanging upside down with his clothes over his head.  Why is this?  
Are these memories completely true, or are they slightly altered--for 
Harry's viewing pleasure? I'm not sure. 
I think that Snape did not want Harry to see certain memories inside 
his head. I also think that Snape was afraid that too much personal 
contact with Harry would make the DE aware of his involvement with 
the OOTP.  
I believe that Snape loathes Dumbledore just as much as Voldemort. 
Voldemort after all is really only a "mudblood," and Snape has made 
his feelings for mudbloods very clear.  In fact, I do not see 
Voldemort as being at all intelligent--unlike Snape who is very 
clever and shrewd. V wastes his time running around looking for a 
useless prophecy (which would have never been fullfilled if he just 
had ignored it), chasing young children instead of getting on with 
conquering the world. My bet is that Snape knows the prophecy is 
garbage. 
Dumbledore may trust Snape because Snape lets Dumbledore see his true 
feelings for Voldemort, while at the same time he conceals his true 
feelings for Dumbledore.