The Ultimate Betrayer

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No: HPFGUIDX 70483

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tracie" <tracie622 at y...> wrote:
> I have been going over all the threads and posts about Snape, and 
> thought I would add some.  First, I do not trust Snape.  I believe 
> he will be the ultimate betrayer to the Order.  He was a Death 
> Eater, and  yes, DD believes him to be reformed.  I don't..I think 
> he is a spy...he is at Hogwarts with Harry and DD.  Wouldn't LV 
want 
> someone inside Hogwarts to watch every move they both make??  Who 
> better fits this but Snape?  
> 
> Second, I do not believe that he was actually trying to teach Harry 
> Occlumency, I believe that he was using it as a means of opening up 
> Harry's mind more to Voldemort's.  Making it easier for LV to 
> penetrate Harry's thoughts...in fact, this happens during one such 
> supposed Occlumency lesson...Harry goes down the corridor.  Harry 
> himself keeps saying..."he's making it worse".
> 
> Third, I believe he could have prevented Sirius' death.  He says he 
> watched Harry go into the forest with Hermione and Umbridge and 
> couldn't tell him that Sirius was safe and sound in Grimmauld 
> Place.  It seems to me that Snape, if he was truely working for the 
> Order, would have tried just a bit harder to let Harry know all was 
> well.  I don't think Snape tried at all, I believe he saw this as a 
> way to possibly get rid of Sirius, the last of the two people he 
> loathed the most.  He knew Harry would find a way to the MoM, and 
he 
> knew Sirius would go after him.  And then you have LV showing up at 
> the MoM...Did Snape tip him off that DD would be there with the 
rest 
> of the Order to save Harry??  I think so...Why else would LV risk 
> going to the MoM when his plans had not yet fully worked out??
> 
> These are just MHO's...but it's how I have been seeing Snape from 
> the moment he was introduced in PS/SS thru OotP.
> 
> JKR herself said on the MSN webcast that we should not start 
> trusting Snape, I can't remember her exact words, but I do know she 
> meant not to soften on him.
> 
> Tracie :)

Yes, I know she said it. But I must admit, I would be absolutely 
disappointed, if Snape turns out to a traitor. If the currently only 
nasty character, who is on the ood side, turns out to be a real 
villain, it would just suck. IMO, of course. It would mean that nasty 
and unfriendly people are all evil, Snape is currently the exception 
from the rule in the Potterverse. If there is a traitor, I want it to 
be a nice and friendly character, someone Harry REALLY trusts, like 
Hagrid, Lupin or McGonnagal (and no, I don't think any of them is 
evil, it were just a few examples for a really shocking twist)

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