[the_old_crowd] Snape contiued (was Re: XPOST: Lupin is Ever So Evil Part One -- The Prank )

[Magda Grantwich]

> Snape is out and about, not having to stay behind the walls of
> Hogwarts or the shelter of Grimmauld Place, so my guess is
> he's not on Voldemort's hit list.
> 
> Pippin


Personally I don't think Snape is spying, double agent or not, this
time out, at least not the same way he did in the earlier war.  There
are six Hogwarts students who know about his Order membership in OOTP
and somehow I think that a spy would be more careful about being
seen.  At this point in the series I think the only time Snape has
been in Voldemort's presence was in PS/SS when he had to deal with
Quirrell.

However, another reason why Snape could still be walking around is
that Voldemort - while being an inadequate Evil Overlord in many ways
- does know something about keeping his powder dry until he's ready
to use it.  Killing Snape might make for an entertaining evening when
there's nothing good on the telly but if one of Voldemort's aims is
to take over Hogwarts and use it as his HQ (and since we hear in
every book how impregnable Hogwarts is I assume that's the case) then
having someone on the inside who can be leaned on later for help in
exchange for being allowed to live isn't such a bad thing.  ("Lord
Voldemort does not forget those who serve him, worm.")

I'm predicting that the big series climax will be a battle for
possession of Hogwarts and that we will come to know a good many of
the secrets of the castle that Dumbledore hinted about in GOF.

Magda

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