Snape in Spinner's End and Snape in OOTP

[krasniewski]

No: HPFGUIDX 133696

torigyrl wrote:
> Obviously Snape isn't going to talk about his involvement with the 
> DOM in front of Narcissa and Bellatrix. However, Rowling doesn't 
> seem to be addressing this (along with -many- otherthings) 
> anywhere in the rest of the book.
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> It was because of Snape's contacting members of the order that they
> arrived at the DOM in the first place.  That throws a large wrench 
> in his aupposed Dark Lord's works.  Voldemort obviously isn't 
> aware of Snape's role in contacting Dumbledore or Snape would have 
> been AK'd the next time he appeared in front of Voldemort. 
>  
> This contradicts the impression that Rowling is trying to make
> about Severus in Spinner's End.  Yes he was a double agent and a 
> nasty person, but Snape -really- didn't have to contact the 
> order.  


But perhaps that's the whole point. It could be an omission on JKR's
part, but if we have the good Snape theory, then it isn't an omission.  Rather, it's a strong argument for the good Snape theory. Why would he need to bring attention to unnecessary good things that he has done?  Note also that this action would already be persuasive in Harry's mind, as he is not aware of the Spinner's end situation and would hardly be able to perceive the omission (obviously).  

On another note, if you read Spinner's End and the Unbreakable Vow,
NEVER does Snape hear or say exactly what the task Draco must perform
is. More importantly, Snape is always asking to know what Draco needs
to do. (see pages 322-324, US HBP, and Spinner's End).  This gives
much credit to the good Snape theory as well - he doesn't know what
Draco has to do until the last minute, when it is perfectly clear.

If Snape knew what needed to be done, knew it without question,
there's little reason he'd need to be so persistent in trying to find
out what Draco needed to do.

This may be a repetitive point, but I think this is a very big clue
that people continue to overlook - the snippets of conversation we
hear in past books usually have some important meaning, and it
typically isn't as obvious as we first perceive (consider Snape and
Quirrel in book 1)

Mark