Snape's stalling

[Lisa (Jennings) Mamula]

No: HPFGUIDX 116227


Tina wrote:
> > In my most recent reading of GoF, I wondered for the first time (I 
> kind of hate to bring this up, probably already been debunked...) 
> if  Snape couldn't have been stalling.  Not just in the usual "I 
> want to  pester you, Potter" sort of way but in a way to help 
> Crouch. Crouch/Moody did receive the owl about Crouch Sr's probable 
> coming- clean.  Now that we know what was going on in those few 
> minutes.  
> > 
> > I have a difficult time getting my brain around Double Agent! 
> Snape  but...  

> Potioncat:
> I don't think Snape and Crouch Jr were working together. Crouch!
> Moody was giving Snape a hard time that night Harry was stuck on the 
> stairs.  Although, I suppose we could go back and look to see if it 
> could be read differently.
> 
> I think he was stalling Harry for Dumbledore.  Now, a nicer person 
> might have said, "the Headmaster will be right down.  Wait here." 
> but Snape isn't nice.  :-)


LisaMarie now:
I agree with Potioncat on this one, probably because I love Snape, even 
though he's horrible to ... well, nearly everyone, I guess.  I am hoping 
relentlessly for DoubleAgent!Snape, with a little MoralConversion!Snape 
sometime around book 7.  

But seriously, I think he is, at the very lease, stubbornly loyal to DD and 
therefore "on Harry's side" in the situation with Crouch Sr.  I just don't think he 
could allow himself to help Harry /nicely/.  He loves to provoke Harry, and in 
this situation, it served two purposes: 1) he got to see Harry absolutly seething 
with anger, and 2) the commotion summond the necessary attention.  

Hmmm.  Being helpful to DD and horrible to Harry .... Snape's best day in a 
long time!

LisaMarie