DD trust in Snape again. WAS: Evil Hermione

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 154827


> houyhnhnm:
> 
> I just don't see how Snape would have come under 
> suspicion.  If he had *not* been muttering the 
> counter-curse, he wouldn't even have come to Hermione's 
> attention.  

AD:
As I've just mentioned to Pippin, Hermione was suspected Snape before
she spotted him with the binoculars--she shouted "I knew it!" as soon
as she saw him.

houyhnhnm:
> Lucius Malfoy was still on the Hogwarts 
> board of govenors at this time, Moody was in retirement 
> and considered a paranoid, Rita skeeter was not present 
> at Karkaroff's hearing.  Who would accuse him?  Two 
> eleven-year-olds who don't like Snape because he is a 
> hard teacher and who think he is after the philosopher's stone.

AD:
If the Boy Who Lived suddenly doesn't, anymore, because one of the
finest brooms in the world goes haywire for no apparent reason, there
will be an investigation.  It will certainly involve Aurors who will
certainly know about Snape's past.

Unless Carol's Death Eater pep squad was at the game, the only people
in attendance who are capable of the "powerful Dark magic" it takes to
curse a broom will be members of the Hogwarts staff, perhaps a dozen,
on the outside, probably fewer. Of these, Snape is the only one who is
openly hostile to Harry.  A little asking around will yield the tidbit
that Snape hated James Potter and his friends.  All of this does not
add up to conviction, but it will tend to push Snape's name to the top
of the list of suspects.  
  
houyhnhnm: 
> On the other hand, I agree that arousing DD's suspicion, 
> however impossible to prove, would be a deterrent to 
> letting Harry be killed.  But if Snape is ESE or OFH 
> he's surely had to do that plenty of times already and 
> seems to have gotten away with it. In fact, if Snape is 
> ESE or OFH, he has  at this point, so why would 
> he think he couldn't do it one more time. 

AD: 
Probably, he's been deceiving Dumbledore successfully 
for some ten to twelve years by little gestures like reporting useful
information, keeping his nose clean, and preventing the odd murder.

I'm astonished that so many people who think so highly of Snape also
seem to think that he's so completely bugf*ck that he would rather see
Harry dead by another person's hand than reap the benefits of
preventing his murder. How did *I* end up being the guy defending
Snape's brains and sanity?

Amiable Dorsai, JD
Devil's Advocacy Department
Shyster, Flywheel and Dumbledore
Attorneys at Magical Law