What's in it for Snape? Finding motive...

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No: HPFGUIDX 97313

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vmonte" <vmonte at y...> wrote:
> 
> vmonte wrote:
> Sorry, I wasn't clear in my post.  I'm not saying that fake Moody was 
> concerned in any way for Harry's safety -- what I'm saying is that 
> Crouch Jr. was telling Snape to mind his own business, or else. 
> 
> Some fans of HP have stated that because Snape's reflection is on 
> Moody's foe-glass it must mean that Snape is on the good side.  But, 
> IMOO, it really "only" means that he is not on fake Moody's 
> (Voldemort's) side.

I get you. Sorry  for being a bit thick.

Even so it couldn't go the way Crouch!Moody wanted. Snape is not
vulnerable in that direction - well, not if you listen to my manic
witterings.

My Snape studies  when combined with a perverse imagination
lead to some conclusions that not all (damn few actually) agree with.
One is that Sevvy and DD are the best double act in the WW. The way
Snape treats Harry and Neville is with the connivance, indeed active
cooperation of DD. It's all part  of DD's plan to 'harden' Harry - a
continuation of Privet Drive project that was not only protection 
from Voldy but also protection from the well-meaning but potentially
destructive 'hero worship' factor. Harry saw the WW as a refuge from
the misery of the Dursleys; not necessarily accurate.  Teach him that
even in the WW there are those who don't like him and he's going to
have to learn to deal with them and his own emotions.

So even though Crouch!Moody may have intended to put pressure
on Snape in the way you suggest, IMO it was a non-runner in
practice.

But I do agree that a Foe-Glass depicts personal enemies, not those
opposed on principle to any philosophy one may espouse; though
the categories are not mutually exclusive of course. 

Kneasy