Did Snape know Draco's task in Spinner's End (was: Re: more snape stuff)

[toonmili]

No: HPFGUIDX 168398

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sistermagpie" <belviso at ...>
wrote:
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> Beckah:
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> >   Snape never actually SAYS what the plan is, he just says he
> knows of it.  Could it be that he was fishing for information??
> Kind of like when you have kids and you say "I've already heard
your

Toonmili:I sort of thought that he was fishing for information too
but if he didn't know what the task before, by the time he went to
the window he did. I think he was not looking to see if anyone was
there, he was doing some quick thinking.

The important thing to notice is that Narcissa was crying. She was in
a very weak state and for someone who is good at Legilimency Snape
would have been able to get that information.

The reason why he would say that he knew it before she had a chance to
tell him was to ensure that he had the upper hand on the situation,
that he would remain in control of the situation.

However the more pressing thing about this scene is that Snape takes
the vow. If it was Snape is this scene I don't think that he would
have a hard time explaining why he wouldn't want to take the vow.

Voldemort himself has tried to kill DD and failed. Snape who knows he
is not as great a wizard as Voldy or DD must have thought that he
would be bound to fail. Narcissa must have thought that he would fail
as well. There's some people who seem to think that there migth be
someting with Snape and Narcissa, that there might be some romance in
past but if Narcissa had any sort of feelings for Snape she would
never ask him to take a vow that would under normal curcumstances
killed him.

The only reason why Snape was able to complete the task was because
Dumbledore drank the potion. The death eaters had no way of knowing
that he would have just returned form a horcurx hunt and would be
weak. This was a task that was bound to fail.

This is of course if he is bad...which he is not.

If Snape is good then I'm really having a hard time understanding why
Snape would take the vow. The decision for Dumbeldore to die was a
big decision and it could only be made by Dumbledore... SO basically
a good Snape would have never taken the vow...He would not kill DD
just to prove to Bellatrix that he is working for Voldy. Like it said
Voldy doesn't favor her anymore, Snape is the favorite, he only has
to prove himslef to Voldy.

So since I believe that Snape is good. And I also believe that a good
Snape would not have made the vow. I am forced to think that Snape
didn't take the vow. Since an important decison to take the vow could
only be made by Dumbledore I think It was Dumbeldore who took the
vow. The results are so calculating and complex that it reaks of
Dumbledore. By letting Snape appear to kill him Dumbeldore just took
away the only kink in the Order's armor, the issuse of Snape having
to give Voldy and his crew some sort of valuable information. So
while Voldemort has lost a spy the order now has a spy in extremly
deep cover. Snape being with the death eaters benifits the Order more
than it does the DE.

I'm sure by now you guys would have heard the theory that it was
Dumbeldore at Spinner's End and not Snape, so I wouldn't bother to
explain it.

Since I believe it was Dumbledore he wouldn't have known about the
task at first but only after he read Narcissa's mind. Dumbeldore has
a very subtle way of reading minds so Bella might not have picked up
on it.