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darkcloak wrote:On a slight tangent to the thread: anyone actually believe that Snape was really very close to Voldemort and knew exactly what Malfoy had been asked to do?
It's just that in the second chapter, when Bellatrix is being suspicious and Snape says he already knows what Malfoy is doing, he never actually tells them anything he couldn't have guessed. I think that all he says is that Malfoy will be rewarded very highly (something that Bellatrix says earlier anyway).
Now this could be taken to mean that he isn't as close as he would like to be to the Dark Lord and also he doesn't really know what he is promising to carry out (hence his hesitation with the vow).
So did he kill Dumbledore to get close to Voldemort for the greater good or for personal gain?
gadfly22 wrote:Let's assume -- just for the sake of discussion -- that there are only 2 choices: Snape is good or Snape is bad.
Now, I think it's obvious that Snape is a major character in the books. He's not just an important teacher, but he has a history with Harry's family and friends.
If Snape is bad, what is his motivation? He's not a Lucius Malfoy (a relatively minor character), whose motives may be as simple as greed or the desire for political power or purity of the "race". What would make Snape so devoted to being bad? He's shown no signs of being greedy or power-hungry (teaching doesn't seem to lend itself to those pursuits even in the wizarding world).
So he's just bad by nature? Voldemort is a kindly replacement father figure? Hot chicks love the bad boys?
Obviously, I'm highly dubious of the "Snape is bad" scenario. I think we'll learn a lot more about his motivations for the highly dangerous double spy game he is playing, and those motivations will be a lot more complex and interesting than any one-dimensional explanation for his badness.
My first instict was also that Snape was "winging it" trying to get info from Bellatrix without letting her know that he was in the dark about what was going on.
Tanuki wrote:The dark lord trusts no one; he want's and needs no friends. Why would he have an advisor? I think Snape, like everyone else in Voldermort's faction, is just diluding themselves. Or he's biding his time, to kill Voldermort himself and then be the only superpower left
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