OoP: What Snape is really doing out there...

[melclaros]

No: HPFGUIDX 64928

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wendy St John" 

*We now know that
Snape is a member of the Order, and one of the things Sirius uses to 
goad
Snape is that he's "Lucius' lap dog." So Snape is spending lots of 
time
with Lucius, and apparently not enjoying it. If Snape hasn't returned 
to DE
status as a spy, but is trying to "recruit" another Death Eater back 
to the
fold, I don't understand why there's a need to kiss up to Lucius.



now me:
BECAUSE, as Harry stated so...eloquently, it's his job to find out 
what Voldemort is telling his Death Eaters. Snape doesn't have to be 
sitting at V's right hand to find that out--Lucius, I'm sure is happy 
to gibber away about all the good times they're having and how strong 
they're growing. 
I'd also imagine that it's a heck of a lot easier for Severus to 
block Lucius' prying mind than Voldemort's.
I've always suspected that Snape's mission at the end of GoF was NOT 
to go to Voldemort himself, but to start to ingratiate himself into 
the ranks of the DEs most likely starting with the bottom. If he WAS 
able to jump right back into Lucius' lap (what does that tell you 
about the supreme stupidity of both Voldemort and Malfoy?) than he's 
just saven himself a few steps.

Melpomene