Still wondering why Snape trusts DD! (was: James the Berk?)

[aggiepaddy]

No: HPFGUIDX 106530

Mel:
Perhaps Snape went over to LV in the 
> first place at least in part because of the prank, but when LV 
> announced that he planned to kill an innocent child, perhaps 
>Snape's own past haunted him a bit, and he couldn't let that 
>happen.  Perhap killing Harry was one step too far over the line.  >


Aggie:
This is an interesting theory but it doesn't ring true with me.

Remember in OotP when Sirius is telling Harry about Regulus on the 
tapestry Uk. P104 Ch 6. . .>'From what I found out after he died, he 
got in so far, then panicked about what he was being asked to do and 
tried to back out.  Well, you don't just hand in your resignation to 
Voldemort.  It's a lifetime of service or death.'

I hadn't picked up on this the first (couple!) of times I'd read it, 
but on reflection, it seems an appropriate sentence to refer to Snape 
too.  I'm still not convinced he's spying on LV.  I have *no* idea 
what he is doing that's so important though!  I believe that Snape 
*is* the 'one that has left me forever' from the Graveyard scene in 
GoF.  If that is right then  LV would have killed him on sight.  I 
doubt he would have hung around for Snape to try and waffle his way 
back into his good books!

Sorry to have poached your thoughts, I realise that you weren't 
actually discussing this point!