Snape's future (Was: Snape's other books)

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 140481

Carol:
> Does anyone have any ideas (at least remotely supportable by canon 
so
> we won't be sent to OTChatter by the Elvses) as to what Snape is
> likely to do next (assuming that he's not immediately killed or sent
> to Azkaban, in which case his fate is a nonissue)?  Will he stay at
> Spinner's End with Peter (surely a risky proposition), move in with
> Voldy, share a cozy hideaway with Bellatrix in that secret room 
under
> the drawing room in the Malfoy manor, fly to Egypt on Buckbeak? 
(Just
> joking on that last one.)
> 
> One thing's for sure--even if he doesn't feel remorse for killing DD
> (and I think he already feels it), he's going to regret what the 
loss
> of his security, safety, and freedom.

Ceridwen:
Tenuous link to canon:  Snape is a half-blood.

I think it's possible that he might try and hide in the Muggle 
world.  He should know something about it, if his father remained in 
the home after the big blow-up we witnessed during Harry's Occlumency 
lessons (I think the blow-up might have been when TS found out 
Son&Heir was a wizard-child, same as TRsr, and Mr. Finnegan).  He 
would have Muggle relations who might take him in, but, given a 
relatively Muggle upbringing, he would at least know how to operate 
in that world.

And, since he lived in a 'Muggle dunghill' (per Bellatrix), it's 
reasonable to suspect that someone with his position as double-agent 
would have set up a false identity in the Muggle world already, 
complete with bank account and papers he would need.  He wouldn't 
need to remain at Spinner's End, then, he could take up a room in a 
boarding house and get a job at a chemist's/pharmacy, or with some 
company that does chemical (non-medical or medical) research, or 
medical technician, or garbage man.

And, being the torn soul that I am, I also think that his panic in 
Flight of the HBP could have signalled that he believed he was going 
to die, or even felt the physical beginnings, of his death.  That 
would all depend on what really happened on the Tower, if there was 
anything beyond what we witnessed.  So, it could all be a moot point.

Yes, I think McG will need to go through his things, and so will the 
Aurors or someone from the DMLE.  They'll have to look for evidence 
of where he may have gone, and MM will have to clean out his quarters 
for a new resident.

Ceridwen.