Dumbledore and Snape again. WAS: Re: Missing Horcrux = Ravenclaw's

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Alla:
 
> I agree DD would never beg for his life simply for the sake of 
> staying alive, BUT I absolutely can see him begging IF he feels that 
> eh did not finish all the tasks yet,which he planned. Such as - 
> finishing Harry's training.
> 
> I also can absolutely see DD begging for Snape not to sacrifice his 
> soul by committing murder.

houyhnhnm:

When Snape arrives on the tower, he is faced with a weakened powerless
Dumbledore, four mature Death Eaters, and one teenage Death Eater. 
Had Snape refused to kill Dumbledore, there could have been only one
outcome.  Snape would die.  Dumbledore would be killed by one of the
other Death Eaters. Draco would either be killed on the spot or taken
back to Voldemort (I suspect the DEs had orders to kill him on the
spot if he failed.)  The DEs, including, Fenrir would be loosed upon
the school and the casualties could have been much, much worse than
they were.

Dumbledore has to have known this and there's no way he would plead
for his life at such a cost, not for a chance to spend more time with
Harry, not to keep Snape from committing murder.  I could buy DE!Snape
or Out-For-Himself!Snape if Dumbledore had said nothing on the tower.
   It's the "Severus ... please"  that is the incontravertible
evidence for me that there has to be another explanation.