[HPforGrownups] Oh, the People Snape Knows...

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 107778

"Erin" <erinellii at yahoo.com> said:

*snip most of insightful and thought-provoking post*

>It's not so much what he says, as who he says it to.  Other than his
>students, Snape doesn't even bother speaking to non-suspicious
>characters.  Nearly every single conversation he has is with someone
>who either *is*  a Death Eater or a traitor to Dumbledore, or who is
>*suspected* of being a Death Eater or a traitor to Dumbledore.

Yes.  Looking over this pattern, I think I see one of the reasons Dumbledore 
needs Snape:  Snape, knowing quite a lot about untrustworthiness, is 
possibly more able to spot it than Dumbledore, especially in its more subtle 
aspects.


Janet Anderson

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