Snape, Quirellmort question...

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 108909

NearlyheadlessRyan:
a thought/question occured to me: Snape suspects Quirell of trying
to get at the Sorcerer's Stone and keeps confronting him late at
night in the halls and forest about it. As we come to find out,
you-know-who has taken up residence under the turban and is
controlling Quirell.

Now, skip ahead to OOP, if Snape really is spying for The Order again,
wouldn't Voldemort remember Snape's part in trying to stop him from
getting ahold of the Stone? Wouldn't he know that Snape's loyalty
lies with Dumbledore? and therefore want Snape disposed of? Surely,
Quirell being destroyed didn't erase V's memory as well? I'd love any
thoughts that anyone cares to share.

vmonte responds:

This really bothers me too. If you believe in ESE Snape then you
could say that Quirrell was trying to fight against Voldemort's
possesion, and Snape's job was to make him submissive (via potions)
until Voldemort was strong enough to take complete control of Q's
body. Then the scene with Snape cornering Q is really about Snape
asking Q if he is loyal to Voldemort.

There is also another scene during SS/PS where Harry hears Q crying
in one of the classrooms, and later asks him (in the mirror of erised
room) what that was all about. Quirrell says something to the effect
of: 'sometimes I have trouble doing what my master asks of me.' (If I
remember correctly Q is shaken/unnerved by Harry's question.) The
classroom incident could have been one of the instances where Q
realized that he was fighting a losing battle, and that Voldemort was
taking complete control.

(Maybe Fred & George were right and Q put garlic in his turban--but
in an attempt to fight off Voldemort.)

vivian