Re: Dumbledore’s flawed plan

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 135931

>From HBP:

" Draco said " He [Snape] hasn't been doing your orders, he promised
my  mother_"
Dumbledore replied "Of course that is what he would tell you Draco,
but_" 

hickengruendler" <hickengruendler at y...> wrote:

> Yeah, "but". 
> "But" can a mean a lot in this scene.
> It could mean: "But he didn't 
> promise her anything" 

Snape vowed to finish Draco's task if the boy was unable to do so, and
that is most definitely something.

> It could also mean: "Of course that
> is what he would tell you. But he
> was doing my orders

Now we're getting even wilder, now not only Snape but Dumbledore too
is guilty of conspiring to sneak Death Eaters into Hogwarts. I don't
think so.

> Also, don't forget that we still 
> don't know why Dumbledore trusted 
> Snape. 

I have a theory about that, I think Dumbledore correctly deduced that
Snape Hates Voldemort, and I think Dumbledore deduced that Snape was
sincerely sorry the Potters were dead but such was Snape's vast skill
at Occlumency Dumbledore didn't realize his sorry was entirely due to
Lilly's death (the had a romantic affair in their 6th year) not James.
Dumbledore also correctly deduced that Snape was very glad Harry
survived the attack, in fact I think Snape made an unbreakable vow to
Dumbledore that he would do everything in his power to kill Voldemort
and to protect Harry Potter's life until the Dark Lord is defeated.
All this convinced Dumbledore that Snape was on his side but he is
not. Snape wants to rule the wizard world but 2 wizards stand in his
way. Snape killed one of them at the end of book 6 and he needs Harry
alive and healthy to kill the other in book 7.

Sure you can make all sorts of bizarre theories excusing Snape's
actions and turning him into a hero, you could turn Voldemort or
Umbrage into a hero too but to my ear the explanations would sound
just as contrived and unlikely.

> If Snape were truly as evil as he 
> currently seems to be, I don't 
> think we would already have 
> known this in chapter 2 of HBP. 

Why not? I'm a long time Snape hater, I've seen him do rotten things
for 6 books and in chapter 2 I saw him actually conspiring with Death
Eaters, and yet Rowling is so skillful it was still a huge shock to me
when Snape killed Dumbledore. Rowling came right out in chapter 2 and
told us what she intended to do but we just didn't believe her. I
don't think chapter 2 spoiled the surprise for anyone. 

> If he were on Voldemort's, than 
> why did he tell Dumbledore, that
> the Dark Mark was becoming 
> clearer again in GoF? 

Snape told Dumbledore nothing he didn't already know, and Snape is not
on Voldemort's side, he's on Snape's side.

Eggplant