In Defense of Snape (VERY long.)

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 122169


Eggplant:

> I think Snape's mission at the end of Goblet Of Fire was to secretly 
> teach Occlumency to as many Death Eaters as he could without 
> Voldemort's knowledge. It would be useful if there were plots among 
> the Death Eaters Voldemort could not detect and Snape could get 
> valuable intelligence information from flashes of memory from their 
> minds during the lessons.

Finwitch:

I like that theory. And-- I think that in addition to keeping secrets
from Voldemort Occlumency would help to stand Dementors. (He certainly
didn't approve of the idea that Snape would be breaking into his
godson's mind, now did he? Perhaps this idea reminded him of Dementors?)

Finwitch