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

[TrekkieGrrrl]

No: HPFGUIDX 122598

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>> Do we know for sure that Snape was actually missing from that meeting?!
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>> ~TrekkieGrrrl
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> Carol:
> He's not mentioned by name and LV's description of "the one I believe
> has left me forever" fits him perfectly. And he's not the coward;
> that's clearly Karkaroff, who fled after the tournament to avoid
> retribution from the other DEs. Snape is on hand to help DD burst into
> Crouch!Moody's office. And what other reformed DE would have the
> courage to stay away on principle rather than through cowardice like
> Karkaroff?

But if LV thinks Snape has left him forever, how can he then continue to spy 
on LV? I agree that it leaves him with VERY little time if your scenario is 
correct. But then, perhaps his DE gear isn't in his office. He MIGHT accio 
it on the way too, possibly from some off-Hogwarts hidingplace.

If he IS the one that "has left forever" and is still a spy, then it leads 
to the Animagus!Snape theory as the only solution. And if he is an animagus 
I'll still bet he's a bat.

~TrekkieGrrrl