Omniscient Dumbledore (Was Re: Snape's AK Failed!!!, and DADA responses)

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 135096


> Betsy Hp:
><snip> 
>Snape, on the other hand, is one of Dumbledore's most trusted 
> confidants.  When it comes to Order work I was under the 
impression 
> that Snape was pretty much Dumbledore's second.  If Snape does 
turn 
> out to have been Voldemort's man all along, it means Dumbledore 
was 
> *completely* fooled.  
> 
<snip>

And if Narcissa to be believed Snape is pretty much Voldemort's 
second what with Lucius being is in jail and Bellatrix in disgrace. 
I think HBP makes it pretty clear that he's first and foremost his 
own man – as a true Slytherin is supposed to be. 

But I agree with you: Dumbledore was many things but fool he wasn't. 
I believe his so called "trust" in Snape was based on something more 
compelling than a tale of remorse. I think they had had a bargain of 
some kind that quite probably involved another Unbreakable Vow. And 
Dumbledore with his "well-organized mind" could cold-bloodedly plan 
his own death as a kind of a gambit that would enable the Order and, 
more importantly, Harry to win. To carry out such a plan he would 
have needed Snape – no other member of the Order would agree to kill 
him. Which, incidentally, doesn't make Snape a good guy by any 
stretch of imagination. 

a_svirn