Who killed Dumbledore? WAS: Re: Karmic justice in Potterverse again.

[zgirnius]

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"Sydney" <sydpad at y...> wrote:

> That said, IMO Snape fired the fatal shot on D-dore's orders;  the
> timing would have to be comically on-the-nose for the Potion to have
> done it.  But I'd be happy to entertain the theory that potion was 
in
> the PROCESS of killing him.

zgirnius:
I agree Snape probably 'fired the fatal shot'...however, I do want to 
mention something in connection to the timing of a death by 
poisoning. Snape came on to the scene and appeared to be weighing his 
options. He looked around, he approached Dumbledore, and 'gazed' at 
him. Then he made his decision.

Why? It could be he just decided it was the best move, as discussed 
at length in earlier threads. Or he had a standing order from 
Dumbledore which these circumstances matched. Or perhaps Dumbledore 
communicated his order at the moment.

OR...it could be that he realized Dumbledore had just died. Something 
he could conceivably see before any of the others present either due 
to his specialized knowledge of Dark Arts and Potions, or because of 
his Legilimency. And decided to exploit this opportunity to make 
himself seem the murderer. Which would dispell any suspicions 
Voldemort might have about his loyalty to Dumbledore, and deflect 
suspicion from the person who really caused the death. The death by 
poisoning just before the AK would not be a pure coincidence, as the 
AK would be 'inspired' by the death.