[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape as the one who won't return (Was: In Defense of Snape (VERY long)

[TrekkieGrrrl]

No: HPFGUIDX 122311

>>Carol wrote:
>> >> And I think it *is* a given that Snape does go back to Voldemort.
>> > In GoF, Voldemort lists three missing Death Eaters.  We know that one
>> > is Crouch, Jr., one is Karkaroff, and one is Snape.  Voldemort calls
>> > one his "most faithful servant [...] He is at Hogwarts, that faithful
>> > servant, and it was through his efforts that our young friend arrived
>> >> here tonight..."  Obviously - this is Crouch, Jr.
>
>>TrekkieGrrrl replied:
>> Do we know for sure that Snape was actually missing from that meeting?!
>>
>
> Tammy:
>
> Personally I don't believe Snape was at the graveyard, but I love to
> argue to point that he COULD have been there... so here's my version
> of how it could have happened:
>
--<Snip a great explanation of what could have happened>--
>
> And if you remember, when Harry and Dumbledore are trying to convince
> Fudge that what Harry saw was real, Harry starts naming names. When
> Harry first starts, it says this about Snape: "Snape made a sudden
> movement, but as Harry looked at him, Snape's eyes flew back to
> Fudge." Now it could be that reaction was simply because his "friend"
> Lucius had just been named. Or it could have been that Snape was
> afraid that Harry had recognized Snape in the graveyard.
>
> And that's my theory. I'm not fully convinced myself that it's the
> right answer, but I definitely like it as a possibility.
>
> -Tammy, who likes to open possibilities.

See, that what have been bothering me as well. I am actually quite convinced 
that Snape isn't one of the three DE's LV mentions. As far as we know, LV 
has no reason to believe that Snape SHOULDN'T be there. No, the third DE is 
someone else IMO. I just don't know who.

But I don't think Snape's eyes moves because Lucius is mentioned. After all 
that can't come as a surprise. But more likely because he wasn't sure if 
Harry had recognized him there. But I think that IF Harry had recognised 
him, he would have blurted out with that as the first name. He does hate 
Snape after all, and to have something at that magnitude on your most hated 
teacher would be something you'd have to tell the world, no matter if said 
teacher was present. No wonder Snape doesn't drop his mask one moment in 
front of Harry. He can't afford it.

The third DE could be a woman too. As Bellatrix so proves, not just men are 
Death Eaters.

~TrekkieGrrrl