Who killed Dumbledore? Heroes and Not.

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 145104

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:
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> bboyminn:
> 
> I think you are engaged in a little too much 'spin' here. Not that
> that's bad, you are trying to make a valid point, but I don't think
> Snape pretending to kill Dumbledore after Dumbledore expires from the
> Potion in any way makes Harry a killer. It neither makes Snape a 
hero,
> or Harry a villian.
> 

Well, I'm gonna have to go with Sherry on this one, I think that is 
PRECISELY what this scenario does.  As with most DDM! speculation, it 
falls afoul of the fact that this is NOT SNAPE'S STORY.  Nor is it 
Dumbledore's story.  This kind of convoluted (and unbelievable) 
scenario has a tendancy to pull the focus completely off of Harry and 
his decisions and onto the decisions and plans of Dumbledore and 
Snape.  Harry becomes a passive victim in the whole process, not a 
hero whose decisions and actions are the focus of the tale.

As I've said before, the DDM! theories have far too much of an Oliver 
Stone feel for me.  Sorry, folks, but IMO there is an eerie echo of 
the grassy knoll in all of this, along with a dash of Roswell and more 
than a hint of denial.

Lupinlore