Snape's loyalties WAS: Re: HBP: Why I am 98.6% certain that...

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No: HPFGUIDX 146512

Ltrain138 wrote:
" Something to consider:  IF Snape is really good than he has 
managed to hoodwink the most powerful Occlumens in the world 
(Voldemort). If he has achieved that, his power is far greater than 
I could have imagined."

Hickengruendler responded: <snip>
" I would argue that Dumbledore is as good a Legilimens as Voldemort 
is. He surely was able to see through Tom Riddle by simply looking 
at him... Therefore no matter on which side Snape is, he definitely 
was able to hoodwink a great Legilimens (or maybe two, if he is on 
his own side).


CH3ed:
Considering that Voldy imposed Wormtail on Snape's residence (very 
probably) to spy on Snape, I don't think Snape had successfully 
hoodwinked Voldy... or DD, for that matter. I think Voldy has plenty 
of doubts about Snape's loyalty (but a lot of it would have been 
eased by his murdering DD in front of other DEs), but is not 
exposing or killing Snape until he is no longer useful. 

I'm not convinced that Snape had hoodwinked DD either. I don't think 
Harry's interpretation of what the reason Snape defected from LV's 
rank the first time was is correct (Snape felt guilty about his 
ratting about the prophesy leading to James' murder). And that 
passage where DD said that his being smarter than most also means 
his mistakes are bigger than most, may just turn out to be a 
harmless statement of humility like when DD conceded to Mme. Maxime 
in GoF that he could have made a mistake with the age line around 
the GoF. I think Snape is more effective in not answering questions 
directly or in witholding information, than in outright lying to 
great ligilimens like DD and Voldy.

CH3ed :O)