The Truth..Slughorn and Dumbledore: possible motive

[Auria]

No: HPFGUIDX 138154

> hg:
> I've been thinking the same thing.  The idea that Dumbledore's death 
> was faked hasn't been warmly received on any board, so I've been "in 
> the closet" on this one.  But I've been collecting evidence and re-
> reading carefully; I've got a lot of indicators that it happened, but 
> without being able to secure a motive, I've been reluctant to post.
> 
> I don't think that the portrait means that Dumbledore is necessarily 
> dead.  I don't buy the AK.  The funeral had too many bells and 
> whistles.  And I do think Slughorn himself appeared in the office 
> afterward.  If Dumbledore's death was faked, nobody died on that 
> Tower, in my opinion.  (Except DE Gibbon.)
> 
> I have pages of ideas, quotes, inconsistencies.  Vivian, you seem 
> interested; anyone else?
> hg.

Hi hg,
Just came across your post and I am a big believer in Dumbledore faking 
his death,so am interested to hear your ideas, quotes etc.  You said 
you can't secure a motive.  Well let me try here.  Dumbledore knows 
that LV can link into Harry's thoughts just as Harry could link to LV's 
before LV started operating occlumency against Harry.  So logically 
Dumbledore would not want Harry to know of any plot to outsmart LV and 
defeat him in case LV can practise legilimens on Harry and find out.  
Also if Snape really is a triple agent and ultimately is on 
Dumbledore's side (as Dumbeldore trusts him implicitly) then again he 
would have to keep that a secret from Harry too to protect his true 
aims from LV.  On this same topic, for Snape to fight against 
Bellatrix's suspicion and convince her that he really is a DE, then 
what better way but to agree to the unbreakable vow.  Snape is a superb 
occlumens and was looking directly into Narcissa's eyes when they made 
the vow so he could have known in advance what she was going to ask 
him.  I think the final request for Snape to complete the task if Draco 
fails maybe was unxpected as he does pause before agreeing to this 
one.  And perhaps because of Snape's need to complete the vow, that he 
hen informed Dumbledore of this act and together with Slughorn came up 
with a plan to fake D's death and use Snape's completion of his vow to 
maintain LV's acceptance of his loyalty. That would tie in both 
objectives, giving Dubledore the bonus of being able to search for 
horcruxes undetected and to help Harry defeat LV.  As for the portrait 
in the headmaster's office, I'm sure that could easily be faked too, 
especially as Dumbledore was sleeping in it when it first appeared.

Any further thoughts theories and ideas (or objections!) welcome 
:-)  
Auria