[HPforGrownups] Re: my Remus Is Good! crusade and sketchy Snape (was Lupin is worse) (longish)

[Silverthorne]

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Sigune:

But that doesn't detract from your main point: that no DE knows all the other DE's, so yes, it is not impossible that Snape might not have known about Pettigrew at all. On the other hand, he may have turned to Dumbledore because one of the Marauders had invaded *his* service club and in revenge he would 
invade *theirs*.

Erm - need coffee I think.


Silverthorne:

*Ducks head in shame*

Forgot about all that...^^; Good thing I'm not a lawyer, eh? Mind if I join you for that coffee...?

Anyway, back to the point--yeah, my main point really is that since the DE seem to decentralize their info, Peter being a DE and/or the Order spy was quite possibly *not* general knowledge amoung the DE. 

I suppose you could argue that Snape knew anyway, but then I have a second point: Obviously, Peter was not heard of by the other DE after he framed Sirius in the street (otherwise he would have been hunted down by his former allies when he went...um...missing)--so at that point, even if Snape knew, that might not matter later on in the Shack--after all, we are all pretty much in agreement that he did not know about the animagus forms of his former nemesis...so it likely did not occur to Snape that Pettigrew survived--but rather, may have cocked up his own frame job trying to get rid of Sirius...

A second thought relates to the possibility that Snape was the one to tell DD about the attack in Godrick's Hollow--and how DD knew enough to get there so quickly (or send people anyway). We still dont really know when exactly Snape defected, and perhaps his 'real' defection was when he realized which DE was Pettigrew...and what that would mean if Peter opened his mouth again...

That made some sort of sense I hope...

Anyway...we also have to take into account that Snape may have been just as 'invisible' to Peter as Peter was to him while at DE functions--the 'protection' does go both ways. Which is how Snape may have found Peter out without the reverse being true....

Anne/Silverthorne
**Going to drink more coffee before she opens her mouth any more today...:P***


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