Don't the Death Eaters know that Snape's a spy?

[aggiepaddy]

No: HPFGUIDX 106705

> aggie:
> Although I agree that Lucius and Snape *are* old school friends, I 
>do wonder how Lucius doesn't realise how close to DD Snape is. 
> 
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> Sherrie here:
> 
> I've been thinking - WERE Lucius and Severus that close in school?
> SNIP>
>  How much attention would Lucius have paid this scrawny, greasy 
>kid? 
> SNIP> 
> Unless...the Snape and Malfoys families were close when they were 
small?


Aggie:
I see your point and whilst I agree with that principle I would 
imagine that the families were quite close.

The main reason I think that Snape and Lucius were friends at school 
is Sirius's comment about Snape being Lucius's lapdog.  Snape 
belonged to a group of Slytherins (most of which became DEs), yet in 
the pensieve scene he was alone.  One reason for this could be that 
his friends had left school as they were older than him.  He started 
school knowing more of the Dark Arts than most 7th years and I could 
imagine that even as early as 11, he would find other 11 year olds 
very tiresome and immature.  If the other pensieve scene is to be 
taken as gospel (and that it was Snape and not Snape Jr) then he was 
probably an only child.  This would mean that if the families were 
close that he would have been playing with children older than him 
since he was small.

If he wasn't friends with Lucius at school then how did they  get so 
close?  I realise that they could have become acquainted with each 
other at DE meetings, but IMO they don't seem the type of occasion to 
socialise and make friends.  

Of course there are 5 or so years where we do not know what he did 
with himself, after leaving Hogwarts as a student and then returning 
as a teacher.  Maybe he worked for Malfoy in some way.  From the 
description in the pensieve scene it doesn't appear that Snape comes 
from a privileged background and would have needed an income for 
those years.  Malfoy has no need for a job as he is very wealthy, so 
it's doubtful they met via work.

Maybe, maybe!! Maybe we'll never know for sure!!!  But it is fun 
speculating!!!