Dumbledore's trust for Severus Snape.

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 138536

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "finwitch" <finwitch at y...> 
wrote:
 > Yes. Snape *confessed* and asked for his help. That was, IMO, 
enough 
> for Dumbledore... particularly if Snape told him particularly nasty 
> tale about something the DEs had done

colebiancardi:
I think it was more of something that Snape had done - it has to be 
personal, no?  And I think it goes back to Regulus Black and his 
wanting to leave Voldemort & his *death*

>After Voldemort came back... well, you know 
> what he told Bella? Being Dumbledore's trusted man made him 
>*useful* 
> to Voldemort AND was according to Voldemort's orders anyway.
>

colebiancardi:
what else WAS he supposed to tell Bella?  A DE who did not trust him 
and was already spreading discord around the DE camp about Snape's 
loyality....He needed to make sure that she no longer questioned his 
alligence to the Dark Lord.

 
> I just wonder... if Snape was loyal to Dumbledore, how did he 
manage 
> to fool Voldemort?
> 
 
Occumencey, right?  How does Snape describe it - something about 
hiding the truth behind lies...How does he do this with Voldy?  Well, 
by being the way Harry has viewed Snape - nasty, horrible, cruel with 
only anger, bitterness and resentment as emotions.   By not showing 
favorites outside of his house(unlike Slughorn) and by not telling 
anyone outside of his house that they are good students.  But we know 
he has given very good grades to other Houses.  By spinning his tale, 
intertwining lies with truths, that is how he is able to fool 
Voldemort.  

Could it go both ways - sure it could.  But I am sure if Snape was 
trying to fool DD and not Voldy, you would see a different *Snape*, 
not the nasty git that we have been exposed to for 6 books.

colebiancardi