Snape and Occlumency

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 121623


Dungrollin wrote:
> > They [the DEs] didn't know.  Voldy baited the trap with the vision
of Sirius, then they waited. (Evil henchmen always get the tedious jobs.)
> 
Inkling responded:
> This could be the way it happened, good point.  But if Snape is 
> working for the DEs it would only have made sense for him to give 
> them precise information. 

Carol responds:
It was clearly Voldie who placed the DEs there to wait for Harry
there. All of the information in the DoM chapters of OoP indicates
that they're trying to get the Prophecy for Voldie, who shows up at
the end when he learns--through Harry--that the Prophecy (orb) has
been destroyed. Snape doesn't know anything about Harry's vision until
Harry gives him the cryptic message about Padfoot in Umbridge's
office, after which he contacts the Order and determines that Sirius
is safe. He doesn't know, nor does the Order, that Kreacher has misled
Harry into thinking that Sirius is indeed in the DoM. Later (we don't
know when or how but I speculated about this in an earlier post),
Snape finds out that Harry and Hermione have gone with Umbridge to the
Forbidden Forest. He waits (we don't know how long) for their return
then deduces that they've found a way to get to the DoM. He apparently
informs DD of this fear, then contacts the Order, telling Sirius to
stay behind and wait for DD, who is on his way. There is, at that
point, nothing more that Snape can do without blowing his cover (and
probably getting killed).

There's no need for Snape to give the DEs any information here. They
have everything they need from Kreacher, the Malfoys, and Voldie
himself. And even if Snape knew that Voldie intended to plant a vision
of Sirius in Harry's brain (as he clearly didn't), he couldn't have
told the DEs when it would happen. Only Voldie could have told him
that the time to get to the DoM is now. (And note that Snape is at
Hogwarts, not at all deep in the DEs' plans or they'd have expected
him to be there, fighting on *their* side.)

I think if you reread the last three or four chapters of OoP, you'll
find that I'm correct here. If you can find canon that contradicts me,
please cite it. I don't pretend to be an authority, but I do think
that your fears are needless.

Carol, still trusting that Dumbledore and Hermione, JKR's spokespeople
where facts are concerned, are right in trusting Snape