Circumstantial proof of DDM Snape (long)

[esmith222002]

No: HPFGUIDX 143665

Firstly, I would like to present several comments made by DD during HBP.

'Four years ago, I received what I considered certain proof that 
Voldemort had split his soul'  p467 British edition

'Well, as you now know, I have made it my business for many years to 
discover as much as I can about Voldemort's past life' p471

'I have been looking for a very long time' p474

OK, so canon supports the theory that DD has spent considerable time 
researching Voldemort, and at least 4 years looking for Horcruxes.

And what has the most powerful wizard of the age managed in all that 
time.
The destruction of 1 Horcrux
The identification of 3 others, but has no idea where they are
No real idea about the final Horcrux at all.

Now consider the following conversation between Harry & DD in HBP.

'Sir, am I allowed to tell Ron & Hermione everything you've told me?'
DD considered him for a moment, then said 'Yes, I think Mr Weasley & 
Miss Granger have proved themselves trustworthy. But Harry, I am going 
to ask you to ask them not to repeat any of this to anybody else...'

If Snape is fighting for the dark side, this basically means that HRH 
have to identify and destroy the four remaining Horcruxes. Bearing in 
mind the evidence from HBP that DD only survived the first Horcrux due 
to his own 'prodigous skill' and Snape's timely intervention, as well 
as the difficulty in extricating the (fake) Horcrux from the cave, it 
is IMO completely illogical to believe that HRH are capable of this 
task. If we also consider Harry's past history, he doesn't tend to deal 
with the challenges put before him at any great speed e.g. the egg from 
GOF, or Slughorn's memory from HBP.It also seems very unlikely from the 
point of view of JKR's narrative structure. Is it possible for HRH to 
find and destroy the locket, find and destroy the cup, identify, find 
and destroy the unknown Horcrux, and finish off Nagini, as well as kill 
Voldemort - all within the space of one book - NO!!! I would go as far 
as to suggest that this would be impossible.

And what if Harry ignores DD'S request and enlists the Order to help 
him with this task. Are we to believe that in the space of a few months 
the Order can achieve what DD failed to do in several years?

As far as I can tell, with the time remaining, there is only one way to 
find the location of the cup, and identify and locate the unknown 
Horcrux. SOMEONE IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET VOLDEMORT TO DIVULGE THIS 
INFORMATION!

The only scenario that makes sense to me, is that Snape will procure 
this information. 
Canon supports the theory that Snape will now be implicitly trusted by 
Voldemort i.e. DD's statement that VOldemort's greatest weakness is his 
belief that nothing is worse than death and Draco's announcement that 
we would be revered above all others if he completed his task (killed 
DD).
If Snape were to return to Voldemort and claim that DD (and therefore 
the Order) knew/knows about his Horcruxes, then Voldemort would 
consider his soul pieces to be at risk. Canon again states that 
Voldemort had not trusted his death eaters with the knowledge of his 
Horcruxes. However, he is now presented with a death eater who (1)knows 
about his Horcruxes and (2) is completely trustworthy (or so he thinks).
Perhaps Voldemort would then entrust Snape with the task of protecting 
his Horcruxes!!

Finally, we are presented with considerable evidence over the course of 
six books that noone knows more about the Dark Arts than Snape - and 
therefore he is surely the best person to deal with the curses that may 
have been placed upon them.

If all this proves to be true, then Snape's role is to destroy the 
remaining Horcruxes, and therefore is directly against Voldemort.

Brothergib