Snape (Was: How is Snape doing it)

[frost_indri]

No: HPFGUIDX 90018


"Berit Jakobsen" 
> wrote:
> > 
> > Well, the thing is that there's quite strong evidence in canon 
for 
> > Voldemort knowing Snape is a traitor. His statement at the end 
of 
> > GoF: "One, who I believe has left me for ever ... he will be 
killed 
> > of course" (p.565 UK Ed) seems to apply to Snape. 
> 

Alshain:
> My theory on the subject, which I embrace with a fervor akin to the
> believers in Vampire!Snape and the lone voice calling in the
> wilderness, is that Voldemort thinks that *Snape* is the coward and
> that *Karkaroff* has left him forever. The argument hinges on the 
IMO
> extremely reasonable assumption that we as readers know more about
> Snape than Voldemort does. People point out that Snape isn't a 
coward
> and has turned spy at great personal risk, and so on. We know that.
> Voldemort might not. Finding out that Snape is skilled in 
Occlumency
> and stands a fairer chance than most in lying to Voldemort clinched
> the matter even further. 
> 
<snipping>

Frost:
  Actually, I agree.  That was what I worked out. It made the most 
sense to me.  Karkoff ran for the hills while Snape stood, and went 
back for more...erm... punishment.  If Snape is sucessful at lying 
to LV, which this route assumes that he is, then it would make sense 
for Snape to be seen as "cowerdly" for not coming back because he 
was afriad to be discovered, afraid that the Dark Lord would be so 
pissed at him for not coming to him in the woods, to rescue him, for 
not realizing how he was inhibiting his master from the 
Philosopher's stone and then finding out after the fact, etc.  No 
matter what, Snape has a whole load of pain coming to him from LV. 

However, there is the fact that JKR seems to want us to believe 
that.  Its the hints that are dropped everywhere.  So the extremely 
suspiciouse part of me (dare I say paranoid?) thinks that it could 
be a red herring, after all, who the exact people are are not 
mentioned. In fact, he could have been refering to two completely 
different people.  Some people weren't talked to in the circle, some 
empty spaces were just passed over.  We just assume that its two ex-
Death Eaters that we know.  


Frost