Snape's Destiny/JKR quotes

[demetra1225]

No: HPFGUIDX 105475

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> Alla:
> [snip]
> To me, Voldemort's logical expectations of Snape will be to pretend 
> being Harry's friend (HAHAHA!) , get closer to him and then capture 
> him , kill him, etc.
> 
> 
> What am I missing?
> 
> Why Voldemort will expect Snape to be horrible to Harry?


Demetra:
Good question, Alla.  
I think that Voldemort realizes that there is little that can be 
done, such as capturing Harry and/or delivering him to LV, while at 
Hogwarts with Dumbledore there.  Look at the elaborate plan that was 
put together to get Harry to the graveyard in GoF.  If it was as easy 
as pretending to be Harry's friend at Hogwarts then AK'ing him, then 
why didn't Crouch/Moody just do it?  
I think that LV uses Snape to report back on Dumbledore's activities, 
and LV doesn't want to lose that.  Doing this doesn't require Snape 
having Harry's trust, only Dumbledore's.  
Now, I admit LV may not require or expect Snape to be horrible to 
Harry, but he sure wouldn't expect him to be *nice* to Harry.  Plus,  
the memories of Snape being nasty to Harry probably give Snape some 
nice little memories for LV to see when he performs Legilimency, 
while Snape hides the Order related stuff.  
And I do believe that Snape does enjoy reveling in his nastiness.  
He's not a nice person, but I believe that he is on the side of good.

Demetra, who has 6 loads of laundry waiting to be done but is 
desperately trying to catch up on the 200 posts she is behind on 
reading