[HPforGrownups] Who's the bully was Re: Snape's Reaction to Harry assuming that he is a DE spy

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 108733

>>> "I merely thought," said Snape, in a voice of forced calm, "that 
>>> if Potter was wandering around after hours again...it's an 
>>> unfortunate habit of his...he should be stopped. For--for his own
>>> safety."
>>> 
>>> "Ah, I see," said Moody softly. "Got Potter's best interests at
>>> heart, have you?"
 
> Potioncat:
> This particular conversation happens on so many levels that I find 
> it more confusing than the time turner.  Keeping in mind that it 
> appears consistent with what Moody would say.  That it would be 
> reasonable for Moody to doubt Snape's loyalty.  And that Moody
> knows that Snape was a DE.  


I always looked at this conversation slightly differently.  Snape
assumes he is talking to the real Alastair "Mad Eye" Moody, who's a
very, VERY good friend of Albus Dumbledore.  They have words, Snape
insists that Dumbledore trusts him, Moody implies that he personally
has doubts about Snape's loyalty and might share them with
Dumbledore, especially since Dumbledore is wondering who entered
Harry in the tournament.  And what happens?  Snape folds like a soggy
newspaper.

I think what happens in this scene is that we run into the boundary
of Snape's belief that Dumbledore trusts him.  That is, Snape isn't
at all sure that Dumbledore would take his (Snape's) word over that
of an old friend like Mad Eye Moody. There is a limit to Dumbledore's
trust, and Snape is afraid that if it comes to a showdown, that
Dumbledore will side with Moody over him.  

Magda

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