Dumbledore's Trust of Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 80650


> Golly ("feetmadeofclay") wrote in post #80503 (regarding Snape): 
> DD is the type of man to take a risk and give a person a second 
> chance to prove himself.  I always suspected he gave him a job at 
> Hogwarts to protect him and make leaving LV easier.  
>  
> But as a spy he could very well have turned out to be triple agent- 
> no matter what he did what he was 16. 

Now Bohcoo <sydenmill at m...>:
> Wasn't it a very dangerous thing for Dumbledore to have given Snape 
> a residental Professor position with Harry, The Boy Who Lived, 
> around unless he was beyond a shadow of a doubt that Snape wasn't a 
> spy for Voldemort?

Golly: Not really - he's had years with Snape on board.  I think DD 
trusts Snape for good reason.  We are led to believe that DD 
understands people well and he's a good reader of others.   

OK so he missed Moody and Quirrell and we still don't know what to 
think about Lockhart (ie whether he had any choice or had to take 
anyone who volunteered) but we are led to believe he's a good leader 
and part of being a good judge of character.  

> I would love to hear your theories as to what Snape could have done 
> to have earned this depth of trust from Dumbledore? 
> 
> Do you think this trust is misplaced? Do you really believe Snape 
> is a triple spy?

Golly: No.  I believe that was a possibility DD faced when Snape 
first came on board.  Giving him a second chance was a risk.  That is 
always a possibility with a turncoat. 

Since the series began, Snape has done nothing in the way of helping 
LV.  He's proven himself I think. He can always betray DD but as for 
now I trust him.  When you trust someone, betrayal is always a 
possibility.

I personally wonder why LM trusts Snape, if he does.  That for me is 
the weak link. I think he shows too much loyalty to DD to be a proper 
spy for DD.

> Do you think Snape is only safe on the grounds of Hogwarts and in 
> places like Grimmauld Place? Do you think he could ever even go in 
> to Hogsmeade?

GOLLY: No. I think in the turbulant aftermath of the first war, you 
wouldn't want to be a former deatheater.  DD protected Snape by 
showing confidence in his loyalty to good and putting him on staff.  
After the post war turmoil blew over, I think that being under DD's 
wing protects him the way it protects any of the students.  LV fears 
DD.  

It is possible that noone can die while on Hogwart's grounds.  I 
don't think anyone ever has that we've seen.  

> If one of the Death Eaters came on Hogwarts grounds, (a likely 
> occurrence since many of them have children in school there) could 
> they harm Snape if his cover with Voldemort is blown?

Golly: well likely or not is up for debate.  So far no one has ever 
tried except Sirius and Moody.  

I'm not sure he has cover or realistic cover.  We just don't know 
enough for me to speculate. He's helped Harry and DD an awful lot and 
done very little that I can see in the way of helping LV.  He wasn't 
involved with Moody in the plot to ressurect LV.

Legimancy is perhaps at work but I just don't know enough about it or 
about LV's powers.  I would like to assume that LV could overpower 
Snape.  Everything is too nebulous for me at the moment.

Golly