Did Snape Try to Warn James at GH? (Re: Here is an interesting Snape one)

[eloise_herisson]

No: HPFGUIDX 120520


Kneasy:
> > Certainly posters have speculated that there was someone else 
> > at GH (usually the finger points at Lupin, though Sevvy is 
> > second favourite) I can't recall ever reading a truly 
> > convincing theory as to why.

Eloise:
Not truly convincing, but I think Lupin's reaction to Harry saying he 
heard his father's voice has often been the springboard. Personally, 
I go with the face value reading that it was James.

> Vivamus:
> Doesn't the Fidelius charm mean that only the secret keeper can 
reveal the
> location?  Therefore, if Severus was there, Peter must have chosen 
to give
> the location information directly to Snape.  

Eloise:
Only the Secret Keeper can reveal the location, but I don't think 
we've established what happens once he does. Is the Charm thereby 
completely broken? Does it mean that from that point onwards, the 
secret is not magically protected from *anyone* or that only the 
person who has been directly told has access to it?

Sirius was aware that there was something wrong, which was why he 
went to check on Peter. Was it because he had an awareness that the 
Charm was no longer working, that *he* could remember the Potter's 
whereabouts, or somehow knew he would be able to find them? The Charm 
was certainly not working by the time the rescue party got there, or 
else they wouldn't have been *able* to find Harry.

Actually, I don't think we know exactly what the effect is on those 
who already know the information before the Charm is performed. If 
Godric's Hollow was the Potters' *home*, then their location wouldn't 
exactly be a secret from their friends. What I think the Charm did 
was to prevent anyone from *finding* them even if they *did* know 
where they were, unless the secret was divulged by the Secret Keeper. 
So by that understanding, even if only Voldemort were able to *find* 
the Potters, Snape or Lupin or anyone else could have been there 
because they knew the location and been able to shout a warning 
blind, as it were. 

I agree with others that it's highly unlikely that it was Snape whose 
voice Harry heard as that would immediately have blown his cover, 
which is inconsistent with his present role, although there are 
problems with the latter anyway, not least Voldemort's comments about 
the three missing DEs. I do hope we get a convincing explanation of 
that and of why the threats haven't been carried out yet (as far as 
we know) in the next book.

~Eloise