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

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 122609


 And IF Snape found out (but that's not mentioned totally in 
> canon, is it?) that the Marauders were animagi, it would be 
logical for him  to prove that he could be one too. Jealousy or just 
a need to prove himself,  I don't know. HE might even be the first 
of them  - perhaps he was an  animagus allready at his arrival at 
school? He did know a LOT of spells, and  probably not ONLY 
dark ones...<
> 

Pippin:
If Snape were an animagus at school, he would have been in no 
danger from the prank. Also Sirius only says that Snape knew 
more curses than half the kids in seventh year -- in other words, 
less than the other half, or about average. The average seventh 
year is not an Animagus.

If Snape were at the graveyard, he would know that his name 
had not been mentioned, so his sudden movement couldn't 
have been out of fear that Harry would name him. Also, since he 
revealed his Dark Mark to Fudge, why not go the whole hog and 
say that he was there and had witnessed the Dark Lord's return?

Fudge is familiar with the cases of the Death Eaters who were 
publically tried and cleared, but seems totally nonplussed at 
Snape's claim to have been a Death Eater, which argues that 
Karkaroff's hearing was a secret session.

Sirius claims Snape is  Lucius's  lapdog, right? I can't make an  
visit  from lapdog to owner fit with Dumbledore's look of 
apprehension or Snape's pale face and glittering eyes. 

Pippin