Snape, a Deatheater.

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>Nikkalmat
i> The purpose was to get in with Draco; there were no terrible  easily
forseeable consequences to what he thought he was going to promise;  (I
agree with Carol that once the process was started, he could not
refuse  or stop, or if he did, he, or even he and Narcissa, could die
at once.) I  don't know how long it took him to figure it out, but I
don't think he had  when he agreed to take the UV and clasped
Narcissa's hand.
> 
>  Nikkalmati (maybe I'm wrong, but I think it is a viable theory; if
he knew,  for me, DDM goes out the window)

Carol responds:
<big  snip>
>Anyway, I disagree that DDM!Snape is only possible if Snape  didn't
know what he was agreeing to do. Trapped!Snape, caught in the  fiery
ropes of the unanticipated third provision, is another  possibility,
especially if the DADA curse fell into place at just that  moment
(Slughorn's acceptance of the Potions position on what appears to  be
the same night would make Snape the DADA teacher, whether he knew it
or  not). But even if he could somehow have escaped from Bella
(standing over him  with a wand as he knelt at her feet), Narcissa
(desperate enough by her own  admission to do anything to protect her
son), and the vow itself (his wand  hand was bound in ropes of fire),
and refusal to take the third provision  could have been interpreted as
breaking the vow), he still could have chosen  to agree to that last
provision as a calculated risk, accepting the huge  danger to himself
and hoping to prevent the danger to either Draco or  Dumbledore.


Nikkalmati
 
Yes, I see that Snape could still be DDM if he knew the general task set  for 
Draco at the time of the UV, but was surprised by the third provision, yet  
took it never intending to fulfill it.  If he  thought he and DD could  prevent 
the UV being activated in some way or intended to die himself instead of  DD, 
he could be  
DDM.  On the other hand, I would find that Snape  somewhat OOC and a little 
bit foolish.  I also find it insufficient for him  to take the UV to impress 
Bella with his loyalty to LV or to please  Narcissa.
 
Nikkalmati




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