A Somewhat Pollyanna-ish Look at Dumbledore's Death

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 138545

sandy wrote:

>I don't consider it beyond the realm
> of possibility that Snape's "AK" on top of the tower was
> nothing more than the WW equivalent of special effects, and that
> Dumbledore actually did the levitating, etc., himself.

zgirnius:
Since you (later) suggest DD legilimensed his instructions to Snape, 
(so that Snape would do the "special effects") why do you prefer to 
have DD actually kill himself (stop preserving his life, to more 
precisely restate your theory)? It seems you've read some of the many 
posts which propose Snape levitated DD, or did a failed AK, or did a 
successful AK, but that's not so bad since it was OK with DD, etc. and 
are not quite happy with them. Why not? It does get those of us who 
think Snape did it out of the "UV difficulty" you note below.

sandy again:
>The terms of the Unbreakable Vow
> may be satisfied because Snape "kills" Dumbledore by doing the
> thing which will enable him to feel he can turn loose of the last
> little bit of life remaining to him. (This is the weakest part of my
> theory; so I'm leaning towards Snape's having engineered a hollow
> Unbreakable Vow that really wasn't, but had to be acted out to
> maintain his cover.)

zgirnius:
Hmmm. I think the staged UV is even more problematic than your first 
solution. Based on the description of the Vow-making process that we 
are given, it would seem that the person doing the magic (whose wand is 
causing the red fiery bonds to appear) is Bellatrix. I really can't see 
her as being in on any such deception. I find it very hard to believe 
she is anything but the fanatically loyal DE she has always seemed to 
be. Have you already worked out a way Snape would stage this? And for 
whose benefit is he staging it? (It would seem Bella would be the 
obvious person to stage it *for*, again...)

Always fun to read new speculations!