How does Snape get away with it?

[evil_sushi2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 83264

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "augustinapeach" 
<augustinapeach at y...> wrote:
> Ever since finding out that Snape is spying on Voldemort for 
> Dumbledore, I've wondered how he can get away with it.  In PS/SS, 
> Voldemort was on the back of Quirrell's head while Snape was 
warning 
> Q to figure out "where his loyalties lie" (quote may be wrong, 
don't 
> have books with me here).  Even through that purple turban, he was 
> bound to have heard the conversation. Then in GoF, it's likely 
> Crouch Jr., posing as Moody, overheard sensitive information that 
he 
> passed on to Voldemort via the eagle owl.  So it seems to me that 
> Voldemort would know where *Snape's* loyalties lie.  All that 
makes 
> convince them he is still a loyal DE and that makes him useful 
> enough to keep alive?  Is he being set up for a scene in which V 
> reveals that he knows Snape is a double agent before killing Snape?


Yeah I've been wondering that a lot lately too, but in OotP, Sirius 
tells Harry that Snape is a very skilled Occlumens, and apparently 
these Occlumens can hide their thoughts from others, and thats what I 
presumed Snape was doing.

But your point brings up a question, why is Voldy keeping Snape on, 
when we are led to believe in GoF that he is aware of losing Snape?

I think that Snape is definitely the one who V is referring to here, 
as I don't think JK would have put that in for the sake of it.

I wuold say that even though Snape is a skilled Occlumens, Voldy 
used something... maybe Snape's anger and frustration at MWPP, we 
all know that he pretty much loses it every time they are brought 
up... and saw through Snape's defences to confirm what he already 
suspected.

I would think that V is now waiting for Snape to become a more 
valuable character: I doubt that anyone save Dumbledore would miss 
him at the moment. And then Snape will heroicly die. And everyone 
would miss him.

Personally he's my favourite character, but I still think he'll be 
killed off.

Sorry, I've probably been doing a whole lot of rambling...

*~evil_sushi