It's over, Snape is evil (was: Dumbledore and Snape again)

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 138534

"pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:

> it would not seem necessary to kill
> Dumbledore in order to save Draco 
> from failing if Dumbledore is already
> dead, or appears to be in the eyes of
> Voldemort. I think he is dead, but I 
> think he was planning to fake his death
> if necessary to release Snape from his vow

So you're saying an Unbreakable Vow can be broken, you just need to
fool it. Hmm, sounds like it needs a name change.

> If Harry finds that Snape has 
> saved his life, he might be 
> disposed to consider whether
> events on the tower actually
> happened the way he thought they did.

I like to think Harry is smarter than that. Snape is one of the very
few people on earth that knows about the prophesy, so although he
tells Harry and anybody else that will listen that he is of no
importance we now know he can't really believe that. Snape saved
Harry's life once and I have no doubt he'd do it again, at least until
Harry kills Voldemort. And then it's a different story.

And I hope Harry never distrusts the evidence of his eyes, whatever
tale Snape spins, Harry saw what he saw that night in the Astronomy
Tower. 

> Unfortunately Draco was present and
> Snape had been apprised that he was
> about to fail in his mission. How
> was Snape supposed to kill the other
> Death Eaters without activating the vow?

Well Snape couldn't of course, and that is exactly why a good Snape
would never EVER make an Unbreakable Vow to kill Dumbledore, not under
ANY circumstances. I've read about nineteen dozen good Snape theories
trying to explain away his murderous behavior and not one of them
hangs together. Can you dispassionately look at your theory or any of
the many others of the good Snape variety and say it's logical and a
good plan? If you were a foot soldier and you were given a crazy plan
like that would you be happy and say, yes that could work? 

One the other hand Evil Snape theories are a model of consistency and
mental contortions and back flips are not necessary.
 
> Harry couldn't be told about this
> because his mind is open to
> Voldemort.

If Harry for whatever reason Harry could not be told of the plan then
that alone would be enough to rule it out if Dumbledore is as wise as
we are led to believe, even if it didn't have other holes large enough
to sail a supertanker through. Because after witnessing Dumbledore's
murder Harry will not rest until Snape is dead or he is.

Eggplant