Spinner's End--further evidence for DDsMan!Snape??

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 140153

 
> 
> Neri:
> The question is if Voldemort gave Snape any orders *before* the
> operation. In Spinner's End Snape said that he did get orders 
to "stay
> behind". If this was indeed so, Snape might have told Voldemort:
> "Master, as the last Order member at Hogwarts I'll be expected to 
look
> after Potter. If I never contact them to report that he's missing 
this
> is likely to blow my cover, and you would lose your agent inside the
> Order". 
> At this point Voldemort would say either: "I don't care, this
> is more important than your cover" or he'd say: "Well then, only 
when
> you're sure it's too late for the Order to save Potter, then you can
> alert them, and it's up to you to find a good excuse why you were
> delayed. I'm sure you'll manage something".

Hickengruendler:
 
But in this case, Snape failed and Voldemort should be angry with 
him. Because no matter if this was his plan or not, Snape alarmed the 
Order right in time to save Harry. It was not too late.  

Of course it's possible that Snape didn't expect the kids to fight 
that well. Maybe he just underestimated them and thought the other 
DE's had already finished them off. But even if, than it's still 
likely that Voldemort would have blamed Snape for the failing off the 
mission. And he didn't. It is said in Canon, that he blamed Lucius 
and wanted revenge, even Bella fell out of his grace, but Snape still 
seemed to be pretty close to the Big V. And that's not in character 
for Voldemort if Snape had butchered his job like that.  

Also, I find it highly problematic to assume that there was a delay, 
simply by using things like sunrise and sunset. JKR does not always 
pay attention to such details. She has September 1st on a monday two 
years in a row, and during their Astronomy OWLs the kids are studying 
a star that can't even be seen during that time of the year. 
Inconsistencies regarding the time of the sunset are a much smaller 
Flint. And Bellatrix said in the chapter "Spinner's End", that the 
sextet were joined by the Order "in no time". That does not seem to 
suggest a major delay. Why didn't Snape answer: "No, they did not. I 
waited quite a long time to inform the Order, just like I told 
Voldemort I would," if that really were the case?

Hickengruendler