Narcissa Malfoy (the real Spy)

[ghinghapuss]

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Tom said:
> As the subject line says I think Narcissa is the ture spy for the 
> Order and Snape is only the go between. Snape can't possibly go 
back to the Death Eaters he would be killed right away.
<Heavy Snip> 
> JKR also said that Snape will fall in love at some point. What if 
he all ready is and it's Narcissa. This could explain why he treats 
> Draco so well when he knows his father is a DE. 

 
Now me:
First off, as weak as it is, I love the idea, simply because I 
personally have been intrigued by Narcissa's character for a while 
and desperately want her to become a player in the saga.  But we know 
so little about her it all becomes purely speculative.  And an 
affaire with Snape, or even James and having Draco being Harry's half 
brother, is very tantalizing.  I have also hoped that she is one of 
Lily's school friends (along with Alice Longbottom) who can't come 
forward to help Harry because of who her family is.  But it's all 
delightful speculation which I can't possibly back up. :-)
 

>Janet Anderson said:
>Narcissa's a married woman. I will be very surprised if JKR has such 
>a relationship in her book (although Diana Wynne Jones did so 
>in "The Crown of
>Dalemark," but not with a character as high-profile as Snape).


Now me again:
As for as adulterous affairs, they do happen in children's 
literature.  Most recently in Philip Pullman's excellent saga 'His 
Dark Materials.'  Lyra, the heroine of the story, is a product of the 
adulterous affair between her mother, Mrs. Coulter and her mother's 
lover, Lord Asrial.  Asrial even goes as far as to kill Mrs. 
Coulter's husband in order to take his child away from him.  Potent 
stuff for kids.  

I don't think JKR would be afraid to included a relationship between 
a married character and another. Or have a child as the offspring of 
and extramarital affaire.  Personally I would love to find out that 
Draco is not really Lucius' son, if only to see Lucius go down. But 
again: pure speculation. ;-)

Mandy