Snape's Fury (was: The Shrieking Shack-did Snape have ul

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No: HPFGUIDX 85850

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" <susiequsie23 at s...> 
> Why, Kneasy!  Why couldn't it be Minerva McGonagall?  She is the 
> person who took over at Hogwarts when DD was briefly ousted in CoS; 
> she was right there when DD had to leave again in OoP.  She is a 
> member of the Order, she has been responding to his requests & orders 
> for years, she is "bloody brilliant" [per Ron Weasley :-)], and I 
> would argue that she knows as much of DD's plans as Severus does.  
>  
> I'm not arguing w/ the idea of Snape as a possible successor, but I 
> do find it extremely interesting that Snape and *Harry* are the only 
> two possibilities you put forth, essentially ignoring McGonagall.  
> What gives?
 

Yes, she took over the  school, she is the Deputy Head. She would
expect to take over in such circumstances. But to take over the Order?
That's a bit different.
We don't know just how deeply Minerva is involved in the Order.
According to canon, she was not in the 'old' Order and has been 
mentioned as in the vicinity of Grimmauld Place just once. So, her
depth of knowledge re DD's plans are a bit of an unknown. If I  
read DD's character correctly, he says nuthin' to nobody; this  
would mean that a state of almost total ignorance applies to all 
the members except Snape.

Snape has information that he has  passed on to DD  and to no-
one else. From the requests he's  had from DD on searching out
information and the debriefings he's had from DD he must have a
pretty good idea the way DD's mind is working. He also understands
the DEs and Voldy as well as or better than DD, and from personal
experience, too. He seems to know more about Harry than anyone
except DD. 

I don't think McGonagall can match his knowledge and his
appreciation of the past or the present in the conflict with Voldy. 
I'm not  claiming  she's an incompetent, she's too clever for that,
but in an emergency would she be able to offer a fairly smooth
transition of leadership, a continuation of DD's plan? I doubt it.
DD has kept everybody in the dark but with his extra knowledge
Sevvy almost certainly knows more than most, a lot more than many.

Snape is starting to look very impressive in the wizarding stakes.
Give him another century and I'd match  him with DD.
He too is an Occlumens and Legimans of some power; he too knows
and understands Dark Magic, he is apparently highly motivated and
he is a brain. 

Expect  much more from Severus  Snape.

Kneasy