Conspiracies and re-assessments

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No: HPFGUIDX 112998

> Carol responds:
> I would still argue that Snape's hearing isn't common knowledge or 
the
> parents would strenuously object to his teaching at Hogwarts and 
that
> Malfoy, if he knows about it, attributes Snape's ability to get
> himself cleared of charges to a remarkable instance of Slytherin
> cunning. And again, Sirius didn't know that Snape was a DE.<snip>


Neri:
Carol, you can find a theory of mine that attempts to explain some 
of these mysteries in:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hogs_Head/message/2772

I think the secret of Snape being a past DE is similar to Lupin's 
lycanthropy. The parents don't know about it (they are always the 
last to know about things like that) but the staff do, and those who 
make it their business to know such things probably also know about 
it. Fudge implies in GoF that he knew about Lupin's lycanthropy from 
the beginning and didn't like it one bit, but let DD carry on.

This comparison just got me thinking that Snape should really be 
grateful that Lupin isn't the vindictive sort. Somehow I'm pretty 
sure that Lupin won't let slip, over breakfast with some parents of 
Hogwarts students, that Snape was a DE.

Neri