LID!Snape rides again and again; and necklace

[puduhepa98 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 149767

>Olivier:
>That said, if Snape is DDM and if he didn't know what was Draco's 
>mission, he made a very foolish decision to lie to  Bellatrix and 
>Narcissa. That set in motion dire events.
 

 Nikkalmati:
 
Happy St. Patrick's day to all!
 
It seemed like a good idea at the time! <g>
 
Seriously, I believe the events at Spinner's End are very important 
to interpreting the story.  I have a very hard time seeing any 
ESESnape or LIDSnape or OFHSnape payoff for taking the vow.  OFHSnape 
would never make such a binding commitment.  ESESnape would not 
openly go against Voldemort's plan.  LIDSnape does not help Harry by 
protecting Draco. We are talking about instant death here.  Snape 
must know that binding magical contracts can go astray and turn to 
bite you.  He could not reasonable assume he would escape unscathed, 
therefore,he needs a reason to take the vow beyond comforting 
Narcissa or impressing Bella IMO.  My personal interpretation is 
that he was fishing for information about Draco's assignment.  I 
cannot believe he would take the vow if he knew Draco was assigned 
to kill DD.  Was he lying about knowing? Yes. 
 
Further speculation leads to the question, when did he know?  Well,  
once the poisoned wine was sent to DD, it would be pretty clear what 
was going on.  A question I want to raise is, what was the purpose of 
poisoning the necklace?  Was Katie Bell going to walk up to DD and 
say "here I brought you this necklace"? Therefore, I don't think it 
was clear after this incident who was the intended victim.  Perhaps, 
the victim was someone else, but who would it have been?

Nikkalmati