Snape and the Longbottoms/Snape and Slytherin

[imamommy at sbcglobal.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 57042

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, tasha <bruney200 at y...> wrote:
> Snape was the spy for Dumbledore and if he did do the Cruatius 
Curse on the Longbottoms Dumbledore would have never forgave him and 
never gave him a job at the school because Neville was there. In GOF 
Dumbledore said that Neville goes and sees his parents at the asylum 
and knows whats going on. Hes just afraid of Snape because who 
wouldn't be because hes so mean and dark and yes he use to be a death 
eather before he turned to good side. Neville is just afraid of 
everything I wouldnt blame him especially living with a horrible mean 
grandmother as it is. 


Thanks everyone for the input! I had forgotten about the LB's being 
cursed after LV was brought down.  To reply to the above, this is 
exactly my point:  Why would a boy who has *everything* to fear, and 
seems to fear everything, be especially frightened of Snape?  Neville 
doesn't necessarily know that Snape used to be a DE (conciously, 
anyhow).  

And another thought I had:  What does Snape know about in his house?  
How does he counsel his students?  He didn't seem to know any more 
than the other teachers about the Heir of Slytherin, for example.  I 
wonder if he tried to find out who was behind it.  

imamommy