Clue in chapter title - Spinner's End

[Miles]

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Rebecca Scalf wrote:
> What surprised me is there is NO listing for one who "spins a yarn"
> meaning a "storyteller,"
> with the added connotation that the stories are fantastical,
> far-fetched or unreliable. This
> is the definition I like to think JKR is playing with.

Miles:
We had this discussion before, and most of us agreed that this is the idea
Rowling had when inventing the address of Snape's home for this chapter.

This adds to the discussion about the Vow and whether to take it is a
reckless action of Snapes, or better why he did it.
The chapter is written very precisely. We don't know and do not learn what
is most interesting for us: Does Snape know what mission Draco has?

If he does, then taking the Vow would be indeed reckless.
If he does not know the mission, and that's what I believe, the situation is
different. Then (and this is either a DDM or e OFH!Snape interpretation)
Snape tries to *find out* what mission Draco has. The conversation between
Snape and Draco during Slughorn's christmas party fits better into the
"Snape does not know"-theory.
So, if Snape really tries to get information about Draco's mission by
pretending he already knows about it towards Narcissa and Bellatrix, the Vow
would still be a mistake, but only after we all know about its content.

Back to Spinner's End. The Spinner could be Snape, the tale him pretending
to know about Voldemorts plan with Draco, and his end, his fatal end is the
Vow, binding Snape to something he didn't know until the end. Alas - just my
interpretation, one of many possible of this chapter and its title.

Miles, wishing Merry Christmas to all those celebrating it tonight/tomorrow,
and reminding them of *what* they celebrate and most people tend to forget,
deliberately neglecting pc rules of the fellow listies from the US ;)