Snape, A Murderer? (Was: Re: Is Wormtail an Occlumens or an open book?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 95429

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> Siriusly Snapey Susan:
> While I find your argument that DD might well be willing to take 
> Snape on even if he had done some killing interesting, I do have a 
> potential quibble w/ that sentence "And he [DD] will use whatever 
> means are at his disposal that he thinks will work."
> 
> DD had the opportunity to use AK against Voldy in the MoM battle 
and 
> chose not to.  We don't know what DD threw at him, but whatever it 
> was, it caused Voldy to scoff or laugh at him, did it not?.  So 
> *WILL* DD use any means, do you think?  Was that a moral or legal 
> line he wasn't willing to cross that day?  Or did he not use AK 
> simply because he believes he somehow can't succeed in using it 
> against Voldy [believing the prophecy to mean *Harry* would have to 
> kill Voldy & all that]?
> 
> Just wondering.
> Siriusly Snapey Susan


Oh, I don't know, Susan. :o) While I want to believe that our dear 
headmaster will not use ANY means to achieve desired ends, I tend to 
believe that despite of all talking about "things worse than death", 
he did not threw Avada at Voldie simply because he did not think he 
would succeed.

I think he believes in prophecy. I hope the fact that he believes in 
it so much will come back to hunt him at the end (like different 
ending from what Dumbledore expects, whatever that is), but I think 
he really truly believes that only Harry can kill Voldie.

Alla