Moody/Snape

[rane_ab]

No: HPFGUIDX 56718

Just sth that struck me as a little uncharacteristical... Somewhere 
in GoF (beginning of school year), it is said that Snape avoids 
looking Moody in the eye (or sth like that).
Now, obviously, Moody would know about Snape's DE past (we know he 
does as he says so in one of the scenes in the pensieve). Now, it 
would seem logical that Snape wasn't looking at Moody because he felt 
embarassed. But that just seems so unlike Snape. I was just rereading 
GoF, and realised I had forgotten just what a bastard Snape is, 
exactly - or, actually, more accurately, I had forgotten what a *self-
confident* bastard he is. A few moments of weakness and I go thinking 
there's some insecure little being underneath all those layers of 
bitterness... *laughs at herself* Now, really... 
But, rereading, I do find him *very* self-confident, and perfectly 
capable of holding his own - and I just can't imagine him being 
embarassed - about anything, including his DE past. Especially toward 
Moody, whom he seems to acutely dislike. I would think he would look 
at Moody with the same amount of disdain Moody seems to bestow upon 
him.

Unless, of course, he's afraid Moody would do to him what he did to 
Lupin (reveal that Snape was a DE - and there goes the entire 
discussion of it being common knowledge Snape was a DE-spy or not 
again...). Which I personally find a rather amusing idea (what? I 
think being sadistic to a sadist is fair game!), Snape being suddenly 
on the other side of that little game. Let's face it, Moody's not 
exactly the most stable at Hogwarts, is he (or he doesn't seem to be, 
at least.)?

That's the only reason I can come up with to explain why Snape avoids 
looking Moody in the eye. Unless he's frightened, after all, that 
Moody might convince DD he's untrustworthy? I'm not sure about that. 
Moody seems to have some control over Snape, though. Even if Snape 
contends that Moody has no authority over him (in 'An Eye and an 
Egg' - or was that title the other way around?), in the end, with a 
few well-placed remarks, Moody does get Snape to get away. So Snape 
seems at least mildly disturbed by the idea that Moody might tell DD 
about his mind jumping immediately to HP. It also strikes me that, 
despite Snape saying DD trusts him fully and doesn't believe DD 
ordered Moody to search his office, he apparently *does* let Moody 
search his office. Why not go straight to Dumbledore and demand Moody 
be kept out of his office? His statement that he doesn't *believe* DD 
ordered Moody to do so indicates that he didn't ask DD whether he did 
or not - is this some sense of insecurity on Snape's behalf, as to 
whether DD trusts him or  not? *grins* (yes, I love looking for 
weaknesses in people, especially if they're horrible to start with) 
After all, if he were sure, he wouldn't have to let Moody into his 
office, and if he weren't, why not ask? 
But I'm diverging here. I was speaking of Moody and Snape. So maybe 
Snape does believe DD trusts him, but Moody has some power over 
him... Like maybe revealing his past as I just mentioned (that's if 
that's not already public knowledge, of course), or maybe sth 
else...? But what else, then?


Just wondering...

Once more, don't shoot me if this has already been discussed at 
length! *keeps her head down*
*lifts head back up because it's rather difficult typing *without* 
seeing the screen*

Rane,
who does love Snape very much, and
who's been on this site for over four hours now, and *desperately* 
needs to get some work done.