Snape as past/future spy WAS Re: Question about Snape and Quirrell

[gkjpo <kristen@sanderson-web.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49696

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve <bboy_mn at y...>" 
<bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> 
> bboy_mn:
> Got a better explaination? What else is Snape going to do? The only
> way I can see him being effective in the fight against Voldemort is 
to
> get back in VOldemort's good graces. If not that then what?
> -bboy_Mn -end this part-
> 

Me:

That is the question, isn't it?  I was thinking about this and I am 
wondering if spying isn't too obvious a role for him.  We know that 
Dumbledore has been planning for LV to come back for some time and he 
seems to trust a lot in Snape.  Could it be that they already have 
something planned and this sets it in motion.  Some ideas I have are 
the following:

- Snape could be working on a potion for the fight - maybe he is 
making some polyjuice potion to impersonate a DE (Lucius Malfoy?).  
- Another potion he could be working on may be one to take advantage 
of the fact that LV used Harry's blood (a.k.a. "The Gleam").
- Also, I am wondering if Snape is tied to Neville the same way he 
has been tied to Harry.  He goes out of his way to be mean to both 
Harry and Neville.  In Harry's case, it turned out that he had a life-
debt to Harry's father.  In Neville's case, could it be that he had 
something to do with the demise of the Longbottoms (by that time he 
was on the good side, so maybe he was duped or didn't act quickly 
enough and feels responsible). Possibly, his task is to free them 
from St. Mungos and cure them.  Since Lucius has control there, that 
might be more difficult than one might think. 

Any of these things could be, in some way, life threatening and we 
know that whatever Dumbledore asked him to do was dangerous.  
Regardless of what he does now, it seems obvious from the end of GoF 
that at some point he will have to join forces with Sirius - and we 
know Sirius will not be impersonating any DEs (he didn't even know 
about the dark mark on the arm thing).

Just some of my thoughts
Kristen 
(who would love to see Snape's mission be something that is not yet 
obvious)