Snape Question

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 104636

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:
> Cathy wrote:
> snip
>  
> > > Of course he was a member of the Order...left to be a DE, then returned 
> > > to the Order. The "rejoined our side" is the second chance FakeMoody
> > > was on about in "The Egg and the Eye" chapter of GoF: 'Course Dumbledore 
> > > trusts you [to Snape],' growled Moody, 'He's a trusting man, isn't he?  
> > > Believes in second chances.' 
> 
> Potionccat:
> Interesting idea, that Snape was in the Order from the beginning.  
> That means that while he may have appeared to join the DEs he was 
> never really a DE.  That's a new idea.  But I think if that was the 
> case, DD would have said, "he never really left our side." 
> 
> Chinaskisnotes:
> >> 
> > If Moody in GoF, who is a fake Moody, knows of this 'second chance', and 
> > this second chance is a switch of sides, then Voldemort knows about this 
> > already. 

> Potioncat:
> Although, like some of the DEs who went to work for the MoM, Snape 
> could claim he was only pretending to be on DD's side.  And I think 
> Crouch Jr. was unstable enough for his reports to be somewhat 
> questionable.


The unanswered questions are, if Snape is a good guy, why did he 
leave Voldemort?  And why does Dumbledore trust him so implicitly?  I 
like to think that Snape informed Dumbledore that Harry was alive 
when Voldemort tried to kill Harry as an infant.  Snape could have 
arrived after Lily had been killed.  After all, if Voldemort was so 
weak after the attack on Harry, wouldn't he have needed help to 
escape?  Snape could have contacted other Death Eaters to come get 
Voldemort, while Snape contacted Dumbledore and waited (unseen) for 
help to arrive.  I think Snape was in love with Lily and couldn't 
bear the thought of seeing her only child, all that was left of her, 
killed.  Of course, there is more than enough of James in Harry to 
royally irritate Snape, but that is precisely the point.  Harry is a 
constant reminder of the woman he loved and the man he hated.  Just a 
thought . . .

"gelite"