Does Snape know the prophecy? (was: Simple!Snape?)

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 124954




> SSSusan:
> I'm afraid I don't think it's obvious at all.  
> 
> What would this mean in light of DD's repeated, "I *trust* Severus 
> Snape" remarks?  Do you think he exaggerates the degree of his 
trust, 
> just to get Harry to possibly consider trusting Snape?  

a_svirn:

That's just it, we don't know.  "It's 'classified information, until 
such time as the JKR sees fit to release it,' after all". 

> 
> I guess I've taken it more at face value -- DD *really* does trust 
> Snape.  And if DD trusts him, and is going to ask Snape to play 
> important roles in the Order (which I believe he has/does), then 
why 
> would he not share the content of the prophecy with Snape?


a_svirn:

I agree, if he says he trusts Snape so he does. However, with DD 
trust may come in varieties. He may trust Hagrid "with his life", 
but I doubt he would trust him with a really important secret, 
unless he WANTS him to let it slip for some reason. He might trust 
McGonagall, but sees no need to fill her in about his theories 
concerning the nature of Harry's connection with Voldemort and about 
the prophesy. He might believe that when all's said and done Snape's 
loyalty lies with the Order, but he would be foolhardy indeed not to 
think of a possibility of Snape's having an agenda of his own. 
That's always the way with double-agents, after all. 

a_svirn