Snape's Loyalties

[sophineclaire]

No: HPFGUIDX 73748

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sophineclaire" 
<metal_tiara at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Arya" <jdq53562 at a...> 
wrote:
> > > ... I am wandering down the road of thought that Snape is 
really 
> > > posing as a spy but working at times for Malfoy/Volde.
> > > 
> > 
> > bboy_mn:
> > We must remember that Snape is a double agent; he is a spy for 
both
> > sides. Snape tells Dumbledore he is spying on Voldemort, and he 
> tells
> > Voldemort he is spying on Dumbledore. 
> > 
> > At some point in order maintain his credibility, he must betray 
both
> > masters. He has to give Voldemort information about Dumbledore, 
> other
> > wise, Voldemort is never going to trust him; he has to prove his 
> loyalty. 
> 
> 
> 
>   I think DoubleAgent!Snape could work ( or at least Voldemort 
could 
> trick Snape and Dumbledore into thinking that it works) if you 
> consider what happen during WW II when towns in England were being 
> bombed. 
> 
>   I'm assuming that anyone who has done history at some point in 
> their schooling may remember reading about the code breaking teams 
on 
> both sides of the atlantic and the Enigma machine.  Long story 
short, 
> these teams had just broken the german codes when they discovered 
> that a small town was a future target for bombing. Rather then 
> prematurely revealing to the Nazis that the code had been broken, 
the 
> military did not release information that could have saved the 
people 
> who died.
> 
>    To keep Voldemort content and Snape in the semi-good graces of 
the 
> Dark lord, I'd say DD is going to sacrifice some people  to keep V 
> from discovering just how far ahead of the game the Order may be. 
> Indeed, if V is a stronger legimen than Snape is an Occulem, a 
couple 
> of real information may be very helpfull.
> 
> -SophineClaire
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Nevermind.
Someone had just posted this with better information right before I 
did.

Just disregard.

-SophineClaire