Snape a mole all along? WAS: Re: Draco, Harry & Norbert

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Ken <klhutch at ...> wrote:
> I have seen a lot of speculation in various places about whether 
> Snape is a double, triple, quadrupule, ..., or n-tuple agent and 
> naturally have engaged in that myself. This exchange gave me a
> sudden new (to me) thought: could Snape have been a simple secret
> agent all along, Dumbledore's plant in the DE from the beginning?
> Could that theory be squared with what we know of Snape's DE 
> career? It would require that he appear useful to the DE without 
> committing any real crimes.
> 
> DD would be certain that Snape was not a DE now if he had never 
> really been one. Or as certain as anyone could be. DD could not 
> *ever* tell anyone the reason for his trust of Snape if this were 
> the reason. At the least it would be the end of Snape's role as 
> spy and it would lead to his instant death if the DE caught him. 


Lilygale here:
I'm also a lurker, but your idea has been taking root in my mind 
since I read RedHen's arguments that Snape has been DDM since his 
Hogwarts days.  One of her lines of reasoning concerns Trelawney's 
first prophecy and Snape's overhearing of same.  Jodel at Red Hen 
points out that Trelawney could not have heard Snape being ejected 
from the Hogs Head halfway through the prophecy, since Sybill is not 
conscious of her environment while making a true prophecy.  
Therefore, it is likely that Snape either
1. Heard the whole prophecy but, on Dumbledore's command, told 
Voldemort only the first half OR
2. Heard none of the prophecy but was summoned by Dumbledore to the 
Hogs head AFTER the prophecy was made, debriefed, and then gave LV 
the first half.

Snape as "DDM all along" provides a very simple explanation for why 
Dumbledore trusted him so completely.  

On the other hand, I do believe that Snape has a long and deep 
relationship with the Malfoy family.  I'm not sure if I believe that 
Snape and Narcissa had a relationship that was more than friendship 
(those ACIDPOPs are a bit too sharp for my taste) but Snape seems to 
have a genuine fondness for Narcissa and Draco that might relate to 
Lucius and/or Narcissa befriending him during his Hogwarts days.  So 
even as DDM, Snape has a genuine motivation (independent of 
Dumbledore's motives) for helping Draco and trying to keep his soul 
intact.