Re: Dumbledore’s flawed plan

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 136229

Eggplant wrote:
> If Snape is good then he would have to be brain dead dumb to make 
the
> Unbreakable Vow, every explanation I've read trying to explain this
> away are lame in the extreme.
>

Hi There!

I found this to be the single most problematic action in the book, 
personally. You consider the explanations you've seen presented here 
lame. Do you have a better one? 

Preemptively, I would like to point out the three word annswer "Snape 
is evil"  is not the answer to every question about Snape. I am quite 
willing to entertain the idea that Snape is evil, either a loyal DE, 
or in it for himslef somehow, and evil. The problem is that Snape is 
not stupid.

An evil Snape who cares about noone/nothing but himself ought not 
take a UV to protect Draco. Why risk his own life in this way? 

An evil Snape who serves Voldemort especially has no reason to take 
this vow. Yes, it is a vow to do something Voldemort greatly desires. 
But Snape can certainly carry out the act without making the Vow. By 
its nature the Vow limits the actions Snape can take. For two 
examples: if Draco were to attempt a suicide-style attack on DD, 
Snape would actually have to protect Draco... for another, if Draco 
made some hideously unsuccessful overt attempt on DD's life, Snape 
would be compelled to step in right then. If he's evil, he's been 
really quite fortunate in the timing of Draco's plan...Draco actually 
came out into the open at a moment when DD was incredibly vulnerable.