Spinner's End Confessions

[rtbthw_mom]

No: HPFGUIDX 157297


> 
> > > Carol, who's also confused as to how having Draco complete his 
> assigned task (killing DD) would give Snape a little more time to spy 
> at Hogwarts since there would be no one left to spy on except 
> McGonagall and Flitwick, neither of whom seems particularly important 
> to the Order
> 
> Ceridwen:
> I've wondered the same thing.  The only person left at Hogwarts of 
> interest to LV would be Harry.  But, what would Harry be doing as a 
> student that would be of such great interest?  Could you imagine LV 
> chortling with glee as Snape reports *again* that Harry received 
> detention?  Since DD was the one, implying to me that DD was the 
> *only* one, that LV feared, then Snape's job for LV would end the 
> minute DD is dead or gone for good.

Pat here:

It occurs to me that LV *might* be interested in keeping Snape at
Hogwarts for other reasons - possibly for recruiting, after DD is
gone.  It might also be nice for LV to have somebody in his camp when
he returns in glory, if this is at all part of his plan.  Hogwarts is
very important to him, after all.



> Mike:
> > If he expected Draco to fail at killing DD (and face it who 
> wouldn't) what does he expect his DEs to do? Snape wasn't part of the 
> plan because he was still in his office knitting tea cozies when 
> Draco and the DEs where on the tower. I'm not so sure LV is such a 
> brilliant tactician. There might be method to his madness, but all 
> I'm seeing so far is the madness.
> 
Ceridwen:
> 
> But, now we have Snape being out of the loop, "knitting tea cozies" 
> while the action is coming down.  So, what did he really know at 
> Spinner's End?  He isn't in on this, was he in on just the bare bones 
> since Draco was a student and Snape was senior DE on the spot?
> 

Pat again:
But then, Draco very pointedly did *not* include Snape in the loop
about this, and apparently neither did LV.  This seems to indicate
that Snape really was on a fishing expedition at Spinner's End.  My
very little brain is bothered by the idea that there could have been
another reason for Snape being kept ignorant of the plan, but I can't
exactly figure out what the reason could be.  Obviously, LV had a
reason, but could there be something besides testing Snape's loyalty?
 I appeal to the greater intellect of the group to see if anyone else
has thought about this.


 
> Maybe we saw the Brute Force Squad of the DE here?
> 
> Ceridwen.
>

Loved this!  Thanks -
Pat