Snape's Reaction to Harry assuming that he is a DE spy

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 108562

Alla:
> >  By the way, are you sure that Snape had no idea what kind of 
> > life Harry led? He is supposed to be Dumbleldore's trusted 
> > person. Surely, if it is so Dumbledore told him what kind of 
> > muggles(the worst one) he was leaving Harry with. If Dumbledore 
> > would not, McGonagall could have done so (Snape appears to have 
> >decent relationbship with her).
 
Casey:
> I imagine Harry's location would be on a "Need To Know" basis. 
> Dumbledore knows how quickly things can get out. I can't imagine 
> him letting Harry's whereabouts be known before he goes to 
> Hogwarts. 

SSSusan:
He doesn't have to know his precise whereabouts nor the name of the 
people he's living with nor any other specifics of Harry's situation 
to get a SENSE of what Harry's life is like.  


Alla:
> > Now, it is quite possible that by making Snape mentioning those 
> > potions to Harry, she foreshadowed their usefullness int he final 
> > battle, but it still does not make Snape's actions look better, 
> > because how would he know that?
 
Casey:
> Or maybe Snape was just seeing if Harry had bothered trying to 
> learn anything as a child. Others, like Hermione have, but Harry 
> hadn't bothered. Again, that's going with the assumption that Snape 
> has no idea where Harry was growing up.


SSSusan:
I'm afraid I'm not buying this, either.  I mean, why just find out if 
*HARRY* "bothered" to learn anything as a child?  Why not find out if 
SEVERAL of the children did so, by spreading around the questions?  
Instead, he asked three questions--ALL of Harry.  Snape may have been 
curious whether Harry "bothered" to learn anything as a child 
[although why he didn't "bother" himself to ask DD whether Harry knew 
about being a wizard or would have had access to wizarding books in 
his childhood, who knows?], but there are ways of ascertaining this 
information without being a git.

Siriusly Snapey Susan, who is a Snape-aholic but who's definitely not 
a full-fledged Snape-apologist