Draco and Narcissa in hiding (Was: Snape's future)

[ellecain]

No: HPFGUIDX 140695

> Ceridwen:
> I think it has merit.  I'm of the opinion that LV won't want Snape 
> around any more - as has been mentioned, he's done what LV 
couldn't 
> do, which makes him both dangerous to LV personally, and a 
> distraction to any unsatisfied DEs.  He's also lost his primary 
value 
> to LV's mission, that of being a spy at Hogwarts and in the Order, 
> IOW, against DD.  I think he's sharp enough to know that, and 
won't 
> go back.

Elyse: I agree that Snape has lost his value as a spy for LV.
And yes, it will probably threaten LV, making him insecure, maybe 
paranoid.(Perhaps he will suspect OFH!Snape himself, in which case, 
Snape is a goner)
But it seems to me that the number of Death Eaters is really 
pitifully small compared to the number of supporters LV had in WWW1.
I counted around sixteen or less in OOTP after which half of them 
got chucked into Azkaban.
So I dont think LV would want to lose Snape just yet.
He is after all an experienced DE, a capable one,(unlike the idiots 
in OOTP that were defeated by a bunch of kids) and a great potion 
maker to boot.
So if Voldy wanted to erase the possible threat of DarkLord!Snape
I think he would wait till he got himself a lot more supporters and 
a lot more power. Then he would make a theatrical killing of Snape
in front of all the DE's, complete with Evil Overlord cliched
speech and maniacal laughter a la GoF. Either that or send him on a 
suicide mission like Draco.

Ceridwen:
>  Which would lead to 
> Snape, alone, and not the Order, managing the entire affair.  
Which 
> would be harder, since he doesn't have the resources of many 
people 
> at his command, and his own home is probably watched either by DEs 
or 
> Aurors or both.  I do think Snape could easily live in the Muggle 
> world, if TS stuck around after the big explosion.  It wouldn't be 
> alien to him.  Could Draco and Narcissa?

Elyse: A hysterical possibilty, but possible all the same.
Can you just imagine them pretending to play happy families in the 
Muggle world? Imagine Narcissa calling Snape "Severus honey, could 
you tell me how to use the washing machine?" when she probably never 
did laundry in her entire life?
Or Draco on a Playstation? Or..Or..endless possibilities.The 
potential for a fanfic if anyone wants it :)

But seriously, I dont think the Malfoys would live as Muggles.
They are too proud of being pureblood wizards.I think the idea of 
living as one of them would be totally repulsive to both of them; 
they are Slytherins after all.
And there is no guarantee that LV wouldnt find them there.He knows 
his own way in the Muggle world too.

> Which leads to another problem:  What about Snape?  Would he 'die' 
> too?  Or, would he be out there, a raving, murdering lunatic, 
sought 
> by both DEs and Aurors?  That would certainly complicate things 
for 
> his plans, and for the Malfoys.

Elyse: It would land Snape in A LOT more trouble he is in now, for 
sure. And I think that as much as he cares for the Malfoy family,
he would not sacrifice so much for them either IMO.
He'd rather go back to LV as a supporter than be pursued by both 
sides as a lunatic murderer.

Ceridwen: 
> So, I have two basic problems with the idea: Getting around the 
> Order's mistrust of Snape (Harry's vouching for what DD said on 
the 
> Tower might help if Draco or Narcissa approached them, but not 
> Snape); and, would Snape 'die' as well (who would 'kill' him?)?
> 
> Otherwise, I think it's quite possible this will happen.  If only 
to 
> carry out DD's last idea from the Order's perspective.
> 
Elyse:
To be honest though, I dont see this happening.
I dont think the Order knew anything at all about Draco having to 
kill DD. If he could not hazard talking to Malfoy about the fake 
death plan in case
LV legilimensed him, why would he risk talking about it to Order 
members in case they got caught and tortured? Then not only would LV 
know that the Malfoys might betray him, but the whole point of 
faking their deaths would be useless; he would know they were still 
alive.

And I hope that DD would not make Snape be their killer.
He is already wanted for DD's murder, how many people does he have 
to "kill", with or without their consent, before he is himself 
viewed as the crazy murderer people accused Sirius of being?
I imagine that if this was the case, the Aurors would have been 
allowed to shoot him on sight, no trial, nothing.
And DD would not allow Snape's safety to be so severely compromised
if he was really DD's man.

JMHO, of course
Elyse