[HPforGrownups] Malfoy/Snape

[Nicholina ODonnell]

No: HPFGUIDX 70775

health143harry wrote:
>Surely Voldemort knows that Snape betrayed him - he says that he will 
>pay in GF (graveyard scene), correct? Therefore, wouldn't Voldemort 
>pass this information on to his Death Eaters - Crabbe, Goyle, and 
>especially Malfoy? Which leads to my main question: If the Death 
>Eaters were aware of Snape's betrayl, why would they (or their 
>children) be so buddy-buddy with him? I also wonder why Voldemort or 
>one of the Death Eaters hasn't dealt with Snape at all? 

It is my theory (and I think that of many others) that Snape went Voldemort after the graveyard scene on DD's orders and tried (and must have succeeded, as he's not dead, or Voldemort decided it was worth keeping him around for a while for another reason - perhaps to feed incorrect information back to DD) to convince Voldemort that he (Snape) was still loyal to him and was only pretending to be on DD's side.  Isn't that nice, oh Dark Lord, I have an in to the other side and can be helpful to you in this way.

As someone on the list said recently, Snape is a triple agent, so to speak.  Both sides think he's on their side (thus the two), but he's really only on one side (I believe DD's, even though Snape is definitely a git).

I do think there are some loose ends, though, as I don't see how Snape can explain his actions from SS/PS unless he can somehow claim ignorance of Quirrell being possessed by Voldemort.

Nicholina


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