LV's bigger plan (was:Fawkes possible absence)

[colebiancardi]

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"Dana" <ida3 at ...> wrote:
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> I believe LV never meant for Draco to kill DD, because he would know
> Draco would be incapable of doing so even if the kid shoots off his
> mouth, but I seriously suspect LV to have set up Snape for the
> job. You say why would Snape risk his life for Draco?
> You tell me why is he taking the vow? Could LV know Snape would take
> it? I think he would because he knows his minions well, knows their
> weaknesses and plays them to the max.


colebiancardi:
I believe you are half correct - I think that LV knew, not that he
never meant, that Draco would not kill DD; hence Snape's remarks about
how the Dark Lord intends him to do it in the end.  However, I think
that LV is testing Snape, as Bella asserts that Snape has a way of
"slithering" out of tasks: "The usual empty words, the usual
slithering out of action..." (from Spinner's End, HBP)

I think Snape risked his life to take the Vow because he is a spy for
DD - he needs to know what LV is up to - I don't believe he knows what
LV has asked Draco to do in the scene in Spinner's End.   One of his
duties as a spy is to find out information, regardless of the risks. 
He got trapped with the third provision of the UV, but I am sure that
is something that all undercover agents go through.  I don't believe
LV knows about the Vow - that would put both Bella & Cissa in danger
with LV, as no one but the Malfoy family knows of what LV asked  Draco
to do.  

Why would Snape do it other than intel, which I believe is extremely
important as part of his spy duties?  Well, to make a futher bond with
the Malfoy's - now, Narcissa owes him.  She cannot betray Snape to LV
without betraying her own deceit and going against LV's orders.  Snape
is positioning himself to get the Malfoys out of danger - further
proof is DD's speech to Draco on the Tower - how they can protect
him(Draco), his mother and even his father.  Snape & DD don't want the
Malfoy's dead.  LV doesn't care if the Malfoy's live or die.  Those on
the side of the good want to protect all folk, not just those who
innocent.   LV is self-serving and just wants power and those that
agree with him in the end.  Anyone too smart, with too many questions,
is either dead or is a marked man.  Snape is one of those marked men,
IMHO, as I don't believe LV really trusts anyone, least of all Snape.

colebiancardi