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

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 137310

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jjjjjuliep" <jjjjjulie at a...>
wrote:
> First, we don't know for sure that there was any sort of plan
between
> DD and Snape. There is great ambiguity and a lot of hopeful
> thinking. Personally I think the book is much more powerful with
the
> events as the currently starkly stand: Snape has betrayed the
person
> who cared for him most in the world.

it is viewed thru Harry's POV and we know Harry doesn't like Snape
one bit.


> Second, this was not an either/or situation: it was not as simple
as
> Snape could either let Draco be a killer or kill Dumbledore. There
> is at least one more option: Snape could have elected to break his
> Unbreakable Vow, die himself, and let Dumbledore live.

But DD doesn't want Draco to be a killer, and quite frankly, Draco 
didn't have it in him to do it - JKR even states that.  And so Snape 
breaks his vow and then what? The other 4 DE's would have attacked 
and killed Dumbledore - as he was in a very weak condition at that 
point. So, both Snape and DD would be dead and Draco would be toast in
Voldemort's lair. The Tower scene was set up to be an either/or
situation.

>
> > You think this is an easy way out - to kill someone whom you have
> > followed and respected for the past 15 years or so?
>
> When you could sacrifice yourself for the person who you have
> followed and respected for the past 15 years? Yes.

And what if DD didn't want Snape to do that? The argument in the
woods could point to Snape's reluctance in fulfilling the Vow.

>
> > At their wishes?
>
> Whose wishes? We have no hard evidence--yet--that Dumbldore has a
> death plan with Snape.
>

The conversation in the woods could point to that. Of course we
don't have hard evidence; hence all the discussions.


again, I am coming from the POV that this is Good!Snape here. You
are coming from the POV of ESE!Snape or TW!Snape.

colebiancardi