Why Is Snape Alive???

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 107064

Peach wrote :
> it has been said that anyone who has turned their backs on LV has 
> been or will be punished. Why is Snape still alive? Why is Malfoy 
> still buddy buddy with Snape?

Del replies :
This has been discussed at lengths many times, but I don't think a
general conclusion was ever reached.

Basically, the main explanation is that Snape managed to convince
Malfoy that he's actually spying on DD, that he's never truly changed
his allegiance, he's only pretending. For some, that would even be the
reason he's being so mean to Harry : because he's got to pretend he
hates the boy.

That explanation isn't exactly rock-solid, but from what I've
gathered, it's the strongest of all.

In other words : sorry, Peach, we don't know :-)

Oh, and before you ask : we don't know either what Snape's secret
mission is :-)

Del, who once theorised that Snape and Malfoy are one and the same
person ;-)