Would it be too obvious for Snape to be on EITHER side?

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 134977

Lupinlore said: "What would a "third option" look like?  I think the problem with BOTH
sides above is that they relegate all Severus' effective choices of
right vs. easy to the backstory as opposed to the saga itself, which I
think would be an uninteresting strategy on JKR's part."


Sorry I had to snip so much but I don't really know what to reply to.

I had believed, wholeheartedly, for quite some time, that Snape is a double agent acting for his own interests.  He has both Dumbledore and LV fooled (occlumency) and completely fooled.  He doesn't have to fool McGonagall, or Flitwick or Hagrid or anyone else.  Dumbledore has done that for him.  DD trusts Snape and everyone else trusts DD.  As Hermione said "if we can't trust Dumbledore who can we trust?"  Snape has LV fooled in the same way.  It doesn't matter what Bellatrix thinks, what Lucius thinks or what any other DE thinks.  LV trusts Snape and that is enough.

The outcome, of course, is that no matter what side falls, Snape already has his story set.  If LV's side prevails, he's been LV's man all along so will have a place of honour.  He's been spying on DD for years and has helped LV win the war.  If the good side comes through and overpowers the Dark, Snape's got DD's word that he was trustworthy.  What did McGonagall say "I've always thought Dumbledore had an ironclad reason for trusting Snape.  He wouldn't hear a word against him."  McGonagall will believe it again, that Snape had been working as a spy for DD, and continued to work for DD even after his death, to bring down the Dark Lord.

Now, keep in mind I said "I had believed" and that's as far as I'm willing to commit right now.

CathyD
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