PoA - Snape knew?

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No: HPFGUIDX 143461

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Miles" <xmilesx at g...> wrote:

> Miles: 
> Would you find me some evidence in canon for this? I recently read
> GoF, and I never had the idea that Snape knew about the real 
> identity of Fake!Moody.

Whiz:  I hope this is allowed.
http://www.cosforums.com/showpost.php?p=1770807&postcount=412
http://www.cosforums.com/showpost.php?p=1772150&postcount=415
http://www.cosforums.com/showpost.php?p=1828168&postcount=458

These posts are all pre HBP and at the time, I thought Snape wanted to
get into Harry's head to discover how to kill the DL.  Post HBP, my
thought is that he is that, as Dumbledore told Harry, he would kill
for the connection to the DL's thoughts that Harry has.

> whiz:
> > Snape is amazing!  But in a nutshell, I think Snape confunded 
> > Trelawney to produce both of her "prophesies"
> > that his main motive is to destroy the marauders as well as both
> > Dumbledore and Voldemort and return the control of the magical 
> > world to purebloods, as Slytherin desired.
> 
> Miles: 
> For both theories (concerning Trelawny and Snape's desire to destroy
> the marauders) I would like to see hints in canon?
> Ok, Snape really dislikes the marauders, but in very different ways.
> He hates Sirius, he feels guilty for James' death (or thinks he owes
> James' son his life), he can deal with Lupin and he actually lives 
> with Wormtail. But trying to destroy these so different persons as a
> group of teenagers that do not exist any more?
> And Trelawny? I see nothing that supports this idea.
> 
> But your last annotation is simply wrong. Snape is a Slytherin, but 
> he is *not* a pureblood (as we know) - why should he act for 
> purebloods ruling the wizarding world?
> 
> Miles

To be rid of muggleborns and bloodtraitors.  This is all political,
it's all about power.

Hermione points out that if all the DEs were purebloods, there
wouldn't be very many of them.  Remember, purebloods don't hate
halfbloods near as much as they do muggleborns and half breeds.  While
they would dominate half bloods, they will tolerate them.  We know
little of Snape's ancestry.  His mother may have come from an
influencial family.  He certainly was friendly enough with purebloods.

I'll take it a step further.  I believe that Snape's animagus is an
insect, a buzzing insect to be precise.  And I'm toying with the idea
that he's Draco's godfather, though I'm fuzzy on that one.

Canon everywhere.  If you're really interested, I'll start rounding it
all up.