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

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No: HPFGUIDX 145102

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sherry Gomes" <sherriola at e...>
wrote:

> Sherry now:
> 
> I see it completely opposite.  Any idea that lets Snape off the hook,
> especially one that would make Harry the true killer has to do way
too much
> snipping and shoving to make it believable or acceptable for me.  Again,
> Harry is the hero.  Snape is not the hero.  Snape faking the AK to keep
> anyone from knowing that Harry had poisoned Dumbledore to death
would make
> Snape the hero again.  But even more importantly, though I think  that
> Harry, as the hero, has and can and must make mistakes, for Harry to
be the
> one who actually killed Dumbledore by force feeding him the poison
would be
> a sick miserable outcome.  Knowing all we do of how Harry thinks, does
> anyone believe he could live with such a horrible thing?  
> 
> Whether or not JKR set out to write children's books, she knows now that
> millions of kids are reading them, and she is concerned about their
> reactions to certain characters and plot lines.  Would she honestly
want to
> show them a Harry Potter who was the real killer of the beloved
Dumbledore?

Interesting, makes for some lovely speculating. The UV was for Snape
to kill DD if Draco failed. But if Dumbledore was dying anyway, what
would that have meant for the conditions of the Vow? Would it mean
that the Vow was annulled? Or would it mean that Draco had failed? 
If the second, Snape had better be fast or else he would be deadSnape.
 If the first, Snape had no need to kill Dumbledore. 

If Dumbledore was dying, that means Harry had indeed posioned him.
There was no way with the DEs in the school that Snape could help him.
But he could help Harry, by killing DD so Harry would not be a
murderer. Well, thats is a tough think to ask. If Snape really is DDM
than he would be even more angry at Harry for being part of the death
of DD. And then DD asks him to sacrifice himself for Harry by killing
him. It would explain the please. Doing such a huge thing for a boy he
loaths, DD could no way be certain of Snape complying. 

One point in DD's advantage might be that a quick AK is a much more
merciful death than a slow agonyzing death by the poison. 

Gerry, having fun and wondering if JKR looks in sometimes and has lots
of fun too.