Snape Lying to Bellatrix (was: Spinner's End Most Important Clues Chapter?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 136822

> Christina wrote:
> The Foe-Glass shows one's enemies.  If Snape had intended all along
> to rejoin the Death Eaters, he would have technically been on 
> Fake!Moody's side and shouldn't have shown up in the mirror.  The 
> fact that he does appear shows that his allegiance was not with LV 
> at that point, making his remark to Bella a lie.
 
Jason:
> The question here is this: Does a foe glass show you your true 
> enemies or your perceived enemies?

Christina:

That's a really good point.  The workings of the Foe-Glass are never
explained in detail, so it's possible it only shows what you believe
to be your enemies, although it seems that it would be much more
useful if the mirror could detect that itself (the same way that a
Sneakoscope is valuable because it detects the untrustworthy people
for you).

I agree that Fake!Moody probably wouldn't have much love for Snape,
due to his comments regarding the other Death Eaters (and Snape has
most definitely been walking free!).  However, even if Fake!Moody
hated Snape, that doesn't necessarily make him his "foe."  I think the
purpose of the mirror is to show people that might be a threat to you,
not people that you just don't like (or who don't like you). 
Fake!Moody might hate Death Eaters that have "walked free," but that
doesn't mean that they are a danger to him.  In fact, they would
probably be the least likely to want to hurt him.  Even if the
Foe-Glass *does* run off of Fake!Moody's perceptions, would he have
seen the Death Eaters as a threat to himself?  Having the Foe-Glass
showing threats also explains why Harry never shows up in it himself-
he might not be on Fake!Moody's side, but he's not a threat to him in
the same way that a loyal-to-DD!Snape might be.

Another very interesting tidbit:

(GoF, US, page 679)
"[Dumbledore] stepped into the office, placed a foot underneath
Moody's unconscious body, and kicked him over onto his back, so that
his face was visible.  Snape followed him, looking into the Foe-Glass,
where his own face was still visible, glaring into the room."

Why was Snape so interested in the Foe-Glass?  When the three
professors enter the room, DD goes to Fake!Moody, McGonagall goes to
Harry, and Snape goes to a mirror?  Huh?  It really makes you wonder
just what Snape was thinking when he was staring into it.


Christina