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

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No: HPFGUIDX 138566

> Pippin:
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> Except to explain the anomalies around the body and the time of 
> death, the argument  Hagrid overheard, the numerous other times 
> Snape has openly disagreed with Dumbledore, and JKR's statement that 
> Snape's patronus  (which The Order knows) would give too much away.
>  

How do we know the body is in any way an anomaly?  We have seen very 
few people who have been victims of the AK, certainly not enough to be 
experts and certainly not enough to judge what is or is not an 
anomaly.  Compared to the AK, a bullet is a very crude device, but it 
can leave any number of different effects and appearances on a body 
depending on range, angle, deflection, etc.  It generally takes an 
expert to judge what is and is not suspicious, and I see no reason AKs 
should be different.  Besides, having DD appear a certain way after 
death has a literary impact, which I expect concerns JKR much more 
than the physics of AK death.

The argument is open to any number of interpretations, and can easily 
be used as evidence for or against any position you want to take.

What times are you referring to with regard to Snape/Dumbledore 
disagreements?  At least some of them, such as the hissy fit Snape 
through in PoA, speak more against Snape than for him.

You are right that the Order members know Snape's Patronus.  But if 
that is a concrete piece of evidence in Snape's favor, why doesn't 
anyone bring it up at the end of HBP?  All of these people who know 
Snape's patronus readily rush to believe Harry and accept that Snape 
killed Dumbledore.


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