DD : an appreciation. (Was Re: Snape, A Murderer?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 95472

Siriusly Snapey Susan originally wrote:

>>> Here is where I might have one small quibble, Kneasy.  You say 
DD will use "whatever means are at his disposal".  Are you sure of 
that?  DD had the opportunity to attempt an AK on Voldy in the MoM, 
but he did not do it.  We don't know what curse he did cast, but it 
made Voldy scoff or laugh at DD, did it not?  Was DD unwilling to 
cross some moral or legal line that night?  Or would you say that he 
didn't attempt to AK Voldy because he believes that only *Harry* can 
pull of an AK on Voldy [the prophecy & all that]?  Or some other 
reason?<<<

Kneasy then wrote:
> Generally speaking, I agree with alla (95429), DD believes in the 
> Prophecy. He believes that Harry has something special that can 
> skewer Voldy.
> 
> A question worth pondering - Given Voldy's physical form and the
> fact that he "has gone further than anybody along the path that 
> leads to immortality" and that he admits that the  bouncing AK 
> should have killed him but didn't, can he actually be killed by DD 
> taking potshots? I have my doubts. IMO it needs something extra.


Siriusly Snapey Susan:
I'll take this as an aswer to one of my questions above--that you 
*do* believe DD feels he himself is incapable of AK'ing Voldy.


Kneasy continued: 
> But back to "use whatever means are at his disposal'.
> 
> Yes. I think DD is a cold, calculating old bastard with ice-water 
> in his veins. In his own way he's as nasty as Snape; the 
> difference being that he does what he does for beneficial 
> purposes. He is willing to sacrifice anyone (to be fair, even 
> himself) for those purposes. To DD the ends do justify the means. 
   
> He has his little plan, a plan that went into effect before Harry 
> was born. Lily and James had to die to provide the necessary 
> protection for Harry. 
 
> Why even after Sirius had escaped no attempt was made to establish 
> his innocence. When I'm feeling particularly vicious I think this 
> is because Sirius would have interferred with DD's little plan. 


Siriusly Snapey Susan:
In this segment, I'm wondering....  Did you provide an answer to the 
question I asked first?  That is, would DD himself use the 
Unforgivables?  I'm not trying to be dense.  It's just seems you 
talked *around* that a bit.  Well, maybe that's not fair.  Perhaps 
my original questions seemed either/or'ish:  EITHER DD believes he 
must not use Unforgivables OR he thinks it's okay but it wouldn't 
have WORKED that time because Harry must do it.  Anyway, I'm still 
curious about the idea of DD & the Unforgivables.  You talked about 
his willingness to sacrifice others to the cause and about 
manipulation of events, but do you believe DD would use the 
Unforgivables himself?

Actually, you're under no obligation to answer that question, 
Kneasy.  If it doesn't interest you, feel free to let it rest.  And 
how 'bout others?  *Anybody* care to weigh in on this one?

Siriusly Snapey Susan