(Anonymous)
Another point I think likely that convinced V. that Snape was totally his man was that V. seemed to me to be very sure of his Legilimency, and didn't seem to consider the option that anybody would be a capable-enough Occlumens to withstand him.
I also think that there were many bloodthirsty DEs ready to commit murder to curry favour with V. or just for the sake of mayhem.
My impression of Snape is that he would come across as something of an aesthete, a person whose knowledge of and facility with potions is useful to the cause, but who finds it "distasteful" to get their own hands dirty.
Add to that the fact that he seems to have been the only one of the DEs who stayed with his assigned post over the years of V.s disappearance and I feel these are the factors that made V. so inclined to trust Snape so whole-heartedly.
Alison
I also think that there were many bloodthirsty DEs ready to commit murder to curry favour with V. or just for the sake of mayhem.
My impression of Snape is that he would come across as something of an aesthete, a person whose knowledge of and facility with potions is useful to the cause, but who finds it "distasteful" to get their own hands dirty.
Add to that the fact that he seems to have been the only one of the DEs who stayed with his assigned post over the years of V.s disappearance and I feel these are the factors that made V. so inclined to trust Snape so whole-heartedly.
Alison