Well said, Pschee!
As you have stated, there's no point for Snape to spy on Death Eaters as Voldemort didn't come back and he could get no valuable information. Before the return of Voldemort, his prime concern would be to help DD protect Harry and run the school. And I think to attend such social events as the world cup didn't fit Snape's personality. I am under the impression that he was unsociable and introverted, so it's unlikely that he would turn up at the world cup, especially when the event linked with the sport he hated most (I suspect watching every Quidditch match would evoke his bitter memory about James) .
Another question: how would the Ministry deposit criminals' wands?
In PoA, when Sirius escaped from Azkaban, he didn't bring his wand, leaving readers an impression that his wand had been confiscated or destroyed. This impression was strengthened when I reread OotP, in which Harry received a notice announcing his wand would be destroyed as he had broken the law of underage sorcery. But in the same book, when Bellatrix and other Death Eaters broke out from Azkaban, they seemed to get their wands with no difficulty which was proved in DH, as Ollivander examined her wand. the same was true of Lucius's wand. If in harry's case the wand should be destroyed, so must be with the wands of felons as Bellatrix. How could they get their wands back that easily? Any ideas?
Psychee wrote:I guess our differences in opinion on this have to do with what role we think Snape took during the quiet years between the wars.
I imagined him holding a respectable job at Hogwarts, not ever doing anything to jeopardize that, and Malfoy respecting his need to do that.
I also imagined the friendship between Snape and Malfoy being cemented by the fact that Snape never gave evidence against Malfoy, allowing him to be free after the war. Snape also protected Draco, making excuses for him, as Head of Slytherin. I didn't see the need for Snape to "keep up appearances" as a DeathEater.
I did not see anything to learn as a spy at the Quidditch match. He already knew who the bad guys were and how they operated.
I saw his dual spy role re-starting only when he sensed that Voldemort was coming back.
But you imagine his "quiet years" role as a more active one and even though it is not the view I had, I think there is room between the lines of text to allow that impression; it is a reasonable one.
Can we agree to disagree?
Jules934 wrote:Those people were the Death Eaters who had been cleared, Lucius Malfoy among them. True, they didn't know that Voldemort was on his way back; they may have behaved better if they had known he was just biding his time until the Tri-Wizard Cup was over.
I see no reason for Snape not to be there; I'm sure Dumbledore approved. Malfoy was, and they were on friendly terms. Snape had to keep up appearances. He was posing as a member of the clan; saying home from the party would be suspicious. Plus, it was a good spy-opp.
Once there he would have had to participate whole heartedly in the "activities" or be thought a muggle lover. Then things got out of hand. Perhaps the firewiskey was flowing too freely. Perhaps he was just setting off spells without intending to injure anyone. Perhaps injuring a blood trator was a good way to reinforce his position.
Kreacherteacher wrote:
Psychee wrote:Silly new idea...
Wouldn't Harry have been able to get all of Malfoy's secrets by giving him a love potion?
Yeah, but he would've had to take the polyjuice potion and impersonated Crabbe again. It wasn't worth it to Harry.
Why would you say that? I was imagining having him send love potion-laced chocolates from Weasley Wizard Wheezes on Valentine's Day, with a card saying they were from some hot girl.
Just the thought of having Malfoy moon over Harry tickles me.
ROTFL! All that's missing is Good evening witches and wizards and all the ships at sea!
I wonder how many of our posters have the faintest idea what we are chuckling about.
Psychee wrote:
"Hello, world. THIS is Edward Psychee Murrow, speaking to you from Hogwart's Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where Herr Voldemort has not yet arrived for what promises to be a magical showdown...."
Mollywobbles wrote:No way, I genuflect in your presence! Here, have another laurel,the title makes you sound like Edward R. Murrow.
That's some idea!
But the trouble was, Harry had to keep Draco safely locked up, otherwise people would probably spot Draco wandering around the castle and moaning, "Where's my love Harry?!"
I'd love to see that, though!
Psychee wrote:Silly new idea...
Wouldn't Harry have been able to get all of Malfoy's secrets by giving him a love potion?
