Snape's Fury

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 86000


Eloise asked:
> <huge snip>
> But how come Snape didn't suss Crouch!Moody? Was he really so
intimidated by 
> Moody's apparent suspicion of him that he was unable to divine his true 
> nature?  
>

Legilmency only works if you're looking the other person in the eye.
Difficult to do when one of those eyes is magical and looking off in
some other direction. Also, the real Mad eye Moody had a grudge
against Snape as a former Death Eater; Crouch actually hated them.
Snape could well have sensed that hatred and accepted without question
that Crouch was Moody. Who could or would have suspected the real
situation? And again, if Snape had gotten past his own dislike of the
supposed Moody, how was he supposed to confront him eye to eye to
attempt to read his thoughts? Another thought; he knew that someone
had placed Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire and that that person was
an enemy, but he may have suspected someone else; Karkaroff or Barty
Crouch Sr. And Crouch's polyjuice plan, complete with his own flask to
drink from, was well-planned and well-sustained. He knew the Dark Arts
and he was an effective, if cold-heaarted, teacher (Draco as ferret,
torturing the spiders). If he had botched the teaching job, Snape
would have suspected him, but the disguise was too complete.

Carol