Snape's cover - part of the Hermione-Snape thread

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 69818


Shaun Hately: 

> Secondly, and I've addressed this specifically in a previous post, I 
> believe Snape's cover is well and truly unassailable by this point to 
> the extent that his treatment of Hermione adds nothing to it.
> 
> I dismiss nothing out of hand. But I could be wrong. These are just my 
> opinions.

Man, I hate to question this portion of it, since Shaun has been someone who 
I have generally agreed with on this thread, but here goes:

I wonder if Snape's cover was beginning to crack by this point, or, did he think 
it needed extra glue?

This is after Draco gets the ferret treatment and Draco certainly told Lucius 
about it (Moody!Crouch encouraged it, after all.)

Lucius' reaction might very well not have been,  "Where was Dumbledore?" 
but "Where was Snape?" and Snape felt the need to get some revenge on 
behalf of Draco.

Also, this is when the Dark Mark was starting to appear. Perhaps Snape felt 
like he needed to engage in a bit of Muggle-born tormenting to bank more 
credibility with the DEs.

I've said it before, but I'll repeat it.

If Snape was doing the tooth thing as a cover, then I'll accept that, provided 
there are two things.

1) It is a credible excuse, not just as flimsy shield so he could get his jollies.

2) He acknolwedges it somehow to Hermione.  I don't need a drippy apology 
(though that might be fun to see some of the Snapers' reactions) but just some 
kind of acknowledgement that he had to do it for the greater good.

I think she'd understand.

Darrin