Snape and prophecy WAS: Re: Snape and Marauders

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 186920

Lealess:
Dumbledore assumed that Voldemort would act on it, certainly. Dumbledore
assumes/projects that Snape knew that, as well. But was it a reasonable
expectation? I don't think we have enough facts about Voldemort's actions at
this time, or how Snape experienced them, to assume that. Yes, the people in the
Order defied Voldemort. Yes, Death Eaters were killing Order members in
overwhelming numbers. Snape would not necessarily have connected those things
with the prophecy, however. Fighting the Order and Aurors was business as
usual. The prophecy was something else entirely. <SNIP>

Alla:

So what do you think Snape thought that Voldemort who wants to live forever and who kills people for less than that will do to the parents of the baby who has a chance to kill him?


I cannot prove or disprove of course what Snape thought since we are not in his head, but again IMO to me the idea that he did not know is just as likely as Harry's flight to Mars.

Lealess:
We really don't know Snape's motivations for relaying the prophecy. We do know
that Dumbledore was not surprised. Dumbledore tells Harry that Snape was
essentially just doing his job as a Death Eater. Let's assume, then, that
Dumbledore was correct and did not blame Snape for doing his job, much as he
wouldn't blame Snape for informing on the Death Eaters later, leading to the
frustration of Voldemort's plans to grab the prophecy (until Harry stepped in),
or failing to overcome his shortcomings to teach Harry Occlumency. Expectations
of human failings are all part of the game Dumbledore plays, and part of life. <SNIP>

Alla:

LOLOL. You make it sound that being a Death Eater is just a legit job as any. I mean, then Voldemort was just doing his job as a leader of the DE when he was killing people left and right. And Death Eaters who were torturing Muggles during World Cup were of course just doing their jobs and should not be blamed for it.

Of course Snape was being a good little Death Eater there, performing his duties. How can I dispute that?

But the way I see it being Death Eater is not a **job**, to me it is a crime and anything that was being done as a Death Eater is a crime and deserves to be condemned.

JMO,

Alla