Who Trusts Snape?! (OofP spoilers)

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 71594

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Lady Macbeth" 
<LadyMacbeth at S...> wrote:

> T.M. Sommers wrote: 
> > Although we are also told that our guy Snape has regularly been
> > applying for the job...
> 
> To which kiricat2001 replied:
>  >>> Which indicates that Dumbledore thinks that Snape would be 
worse
> than Lockhart.<<<
> 

Actually, the quotes above should be reversed.  I, kiricat2001, made 
the first statement and T.M. Sommers made the second.


> Lady Macbeth:
> Which could also indicate that Dumbledore is concerned about the 
direction
> that Snape would take the class OR the possibility that the Dark 
Arts job
> could put Snape in a more precarious situation than he's already 
in.  Being
> as a number of Death Eaters have children at Hogwarts, as do 
unknown number
> of potential Death Eaters, it wouldn't at all be hard for them to 
tell their
> parents who could tell Voldemort what Snape is doing in Defense 
Against Dark
> Arts.  Depending on how Dumbledore felt the situation might go, the 
DADA
> teacher may even come into conflict with the Death Eaters or 
Voldemort
> personally at some point, either inadvertently as Quirrel did or
> intentionally.
> 



> kiricat2001 Said:
> >>> He had the opportunity when he was caught; instead he just
> laughed maniacally.<<<

Again, the statement above was from T.M. Sommers, not me, 
kiricat2001. 


> Lady Macbeth:
> Not at all unusual behavior for someone who's unstable to start 
with.

Of course, that assumes that you believe Fudge would not at all shade 
the truth.  He's the one who says Sirius was laughing maniacally.  

Marianne