OoP - Snape STILL could be the turncoat

[medeacallous]

No: HPFGUIDX 62728

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jenny_ravenclaw" 
<meboriqua at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sara_ELL" <sara1412au at y...> 
> wrote:
>  
> > Being a DE is not something done lightly and Snape reverential 
use 
> > of Voldemort's title (contrasting nicely with Dumbledore's use 
of 
> > the  humanising "Tom") is something of a habit of a lifetime. I 
> > imagine that Snape (being a pure-blood wizard, as all Slytherins 
> > are) would've been raised by a family not dissimilar to Sirius' 
> > and "the Dark Lord" would have been a title used since he was a 
> > kid...>
> 
> Yes, and since Snape let Harry know that it was his job to report 
to 
> Voldemort for Dumbledore, he had to make sure he seemed as 
believable 
> as possible.  He said that Voldemort could detect lies.  If Snape 
> gets out of the habit of calling him the Dark Lord, he's risking 
his 
> role in the Order as well as his life.
> 
> --jenny from ravenclaw, not believing Snape is really still a DE 
> ******************************************************************


Yes, but my thing with this scene is Snape's reaction to Harry 
saying 'Lord Voldemort'.  IIRC, when asked, Snape says he tolerates 
it from Dumbledore because AD is such a powerful wizard, but he 
(Snape) seems truly distressed to hear Harry use the name.  It 
almost seems as if it's blasphemous to Snape, which makes me wonder 
if Snape feels it an insult for a wizard (Harry) whom he considers 
inferior to LV referring to him in a familiar way.

MC