Snape:Voldemort's faithful servant ? (again)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 84170

> > And about the presence/absence of Snape in the graveyard...All the 
> Deatheaters APPARATED in the graveyard. These events take place 
> during the tournament,and all the teachers are at Hogwarts. What if 
> Snape had been called by Voldy but COULDN'T join them because YOU 
> CANNOT APPARATE in Hogwarts (this is repeated in almost in every 
> book,must be important,no?)
> 
> I think there may be a chance that Snape was at the graveyard.  
> There's nothing against him leaving the Hogwarts grounds and 
> apparating from there.  In addition, it's possible for him to have 
> used a portkey.  If you're looking on from a distance, then there's 
> no way to tell someone who comes in by apparation vs. someone who 
> arrives via portkey.  So the no-apparition rule doesn't really pose 
> much of a barrier to his (possible) presence in the graveyard.


Hi! This looks like as good a place as any for me to jump in. I know
there's a post on this list stating that Rowling herself confirmed
what to me is obvious: the coward is Karkaroff, the "faithful servant"
is Barty Crouch, Jr., and the one whom Voldemort believes (I hope
correctly) will not return is Snape. (We don't need to believe LV's
statement that "he will be killed," which is of course only a
statement of his intentions and not a prophesy.) There's also Snape's
own statement that he will remain at Hogwart's and his contemptuous
advice to Karkaroff to "flee" if he so desires (and, of course, he does).

Note to Pippin, who posted the statement by JKR: Is your post a
paraphrase or a direct quotation? Can you please provide a link? I
spent half a day searching the Internet and can't find it. It's not
among the archived interviews and must have been a news story.

For the record, I like Snape because he's mysterious and
complex--sinister yet not wholly evil, severe to his students but
highly intelligent and gifted, thwarted in his ambitions and abused in
his childhood yet no longer a Death Eater. I've read all the theories
regarding his mission for Dumbledore and think that the spy theory is
the most plausible, though he would have to do it through contacts
like Lucius Malfoy rather than returning to Voldemort. (He'll need his
gift for occlumency, I'm sure.) I certainly don't think he's a vampire
or an animagus who can turn into a bat. I do think, however, that
Dumbledore is right to trust him. And it's worth noting that Rowling
referred to Dumbledore in one of her interviews as "the epitome of
goodness." He's certainly wiser and less prejudiced in his view of
Snape than Sirius (whom I do like and wish had not been killed). At
least Snape was an enemy of Dolores Umbridge!

BTW, I don't know whether this is relevant to the graveyard scene, but
Harry recognized the hooded figure of Snape at a distance by his walk,
and I think he would have known if Snape were present. Not to mention
that Snape definitely WAS present at the Tri-Wizard Tournament and did
not have enough time to answer the summons and reappear. Dumbledore
would have noticed his absence. He certainly would not have shown
Fudge the mark on his arm had he been there.

Carol (new member)

P.S. Forgive me for jumping in, but I've done a lot of thinking about
this and it means a lot to me, so please keep your criticisms gentle.