Snape, Quirellmort question...

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No: HPFGUIDX 108922

nearlyheadlessryan wrote:
> 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.


SSSusan:
This one comes up about every month or so here at HPfGU.  I'll 
summarize some thoughts I poste the last time it came up.  

Whatever Snape REALLY knew or suspected about Quirrell, he could say 
that he was just attempting to stop some evil *individual* wizard 
who wanted to attain immortal life.  Since Voldy hadn't been seen or 
heard from for 12 years, Snape could *easily* plead "How could I 
have known you were involved??" if he'd been confronted by Voldy 
later.  

It could be that Snape's "where your loyalties lie" remark referred 
in *general terms* to "goodness" or "badness".  Or it could be that 
it referred generally to supporting DD, since it was DD who brought 
the stone to Hogwarts to prevent its being used.  That is, if DD 
wanted the stone left alone and Quirrell as a fellow Hogwarts staff 
member wasn't abiding by that, then Snape could have simply been 
pointing out that Quirrell wasn't being loyal to DD--no matter WHAT 
his intentions for the stone were.

So I think Snape could have a ready answer for Voldy in this.  He 
had no reason to know Voldy was on his way back, and he had no 
reason to know Quirrell wasn't a power-hungry wizard in search of 
immortality for himself.  Or so that's what he could plead.

Siriusly Snapey Susan