Tobias and the Angel (The Good) - Snape Part 2

[Goddlefrood]

No: HPFGUIDX 167337

Goddlefrood:

The second helping of this series now.

Remus Lupin:

"It all comes down to whether or not you trust Dumbledore's 
judgement. I do; therefore, I trust Severus"

HBP - A Very Frosty Christmas

Famous last words? Or should we take Snape at the face value 
placed on him by Albus? 

As I stated in the opener, I think not, however here is a version
of how Snape became Dumbledore's man I would not be averse to were 
it to turn out I am anywhere near correct.

I note there have been some few comments relative to the prank on
another thread recently ;). I do not propose to go there, but pick
up the story of Snape from the point where the prank is over and 
Severus is being debriefed. You couldn't imagine he wasn't, after
what happened in the tunnel to the Shack, now could you?

This is where he became good, Dumbledore's man, which he remains
and always will. The forgotten warrior for the Order, a man who,
at great personal risk became a Death Eater and fooled LV for,
well forever, since that time.

It does somewhat conflict with what Albus himself said at the 
proceedings relative to Karkaroff during GoF, but then, it seems
to me, that, genius though he undoubtedly is, Dumbledore plays his
cards very close to his chest. It may be that this is one reason 
for his statement that he makes mistakes, but being of his nature 
his mistakes are greater than those of others. IOW he should have
told someone. Oh, he would have done, Aberforth. If this Snape is
good turns out near enough correct then Aberforth will be our 
informant.

All else flows from that, much of which has been analysed in great 
detail previously. I have little to say on this post as this is 
not my favourite version of Snape. That one is for the next, far 
more substantial post :)

Goddlefrood, who asks you to take a look at Tobias and the Angel,
here is a link to a reproduction of it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_and_the_Angel_%28Verrocchio%29

"How sweet!", you cry. No, not Snape at all ;)