Heroes and Not - What should Snape Have Done?.

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No: HPFGUIDX 145335

>~ Constance Vigilance
>He did
>not promise to take the first opportunity to kill Dumbledore. He
>didn't even promise to kill Dumbledore IMMEDIATELY after Draco
>failed to do it. Couldn't he stall the vow bind indefinitely by
>continuing to *intend* to do it *eventually*? If I were Snape in the
>same position, that's what I would do.

Orna:
There was something which Snape didn't do – When the DE told him 
there was a problem because Draco seems unable to do it – he didn't 
ask Draco what was the problem, or encourage him in any way to go 
ahead with it. He is his teacher after all, and had he wanted 
to "help" him there, he might have succeeded more than the Des. 
So it seems that he has an understanding of his own about things. 
One in which he is quite quick to free Draco from his mission. Help 
Draco is his mission under the UV, but doing it so quickly fits 
mostly into DD's desire to protect Draco.

Another angle I want to point out – the DE are all informed on 
Draco's mission to kill DD. So it doesn't seem it was an ultra-
secret plan - at least not at this time. Since from the beginning 
the plan was to get Des into the school, it seems some of them were 
informed on something there. Draco threatening Borgin with Grayback 
seems to strengthen this theory. So, I have some questions – how 
come Voldemort chose not to have Snape in this plan openly from POV 
of Draco? After all he was in Hogwarts, would be able to help etc. 
Either it's his way of spreading discordance (between Draco and his 
favorite teacher, using teenager proud- and recklessness for it, 
between Snape and Bellatrix). Or he just wanted Draco to fail, and 
have Snape entangled in an UV which makes him kill DD. 

The other thing which strikes me is, that the DE accept Snape as a 
natural leader, turn to him when problem arise, obey him etc. after 
all, Snape shouldn't be part of the mission, from their POV. So how 
come they turn to him the instant he arrives. So either Snape is a 
very charismatic leader for them, or they know something about 
Snape's commitment to Draco's mission. As it is they take it for 
granted that Snape knows what Draco's mission is. What information 
did they get? From whom? 

Orna