[HPforGrownups] Re: Voldemort's Intentions & Snape's Expectations

[Shelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 189829

On 12/1/2010 8:16 AM, Bart Lidofsky wrote:
> Shelley:
>> We don't know if
>> he was a "genius" per se, because a lot of mistaken genius to other
>> people isn't so much a high IQ or high natural talent as much as a "fair
>> amount" of IQ or raw talent coupled with a STRONG drive and desire to
>> use one's talents.
> Bart:
>
>       And, frankly, if we were concerned with textbook definitions here,
> that would be highly relevant. The question, however, is whether or not
> Morty considered Snape to be sufficiently useful as to be worth making a
> genuine offer of a reward as a way of increasing Snape's loyalty. The
> fact that he did makes the question kind of moot, although many seem to
> feel it worth arguing that Morty, totally against character, made an
> effort to reward someone of little importance.
>
>       Bart
Shelley:
Bart, you are twisting that. No one said that Snape was of "little 
importance", but rather we are exploring the question of why would 
Voldemort even grant the request in the first place? I see at all where 
Voldemort says "sure, I'll do this for you, and in return I expect your 
loyalty. Far from it, Snape was already a Death Eater, and his loyalty 
was "Expected!" The question was why would he need to "reward" anyone? 
Wormtail's "reward" was a death trap.