Dumbledore and the poison(?) potion

[snipsnapsnurr]

No: HPFGUIDX 133518

"ar_hp03" <ar_hp03 at y...> wrote:
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> If the potion was merely poisonous then the reactions would have
been
> closer to the way Ron was described at Slughorn's office after
driking
> the mead. 
> 
> What does everyone else think ?
> 
> AR, who knows for sure that the potion was a dark potion and was not
> poison.


I've referred to it as "poison", but we can call it "dementor potion" 
or something if you like. The fact is that it was a lethal concoction 
of some sort. Dumbledore was obviously dying from it. If it 
wasn't poison, strictly speaking, then it is even more certain that 
Dumbledore would have died from its effects, since shoving a bezoar 
down his throat wouldn't even have worked. (I can imagine Snape
always 
carrying a few bezoars around with him. It wouldn't surprise me
anyway.)

Incidentally, if I am right and Dumbledore would have died anyway,
who 
do you think Harry would have blamed for his death? I think he would 
have blamed himself and he would have been even more devastated.
Harry 
did force Dumbledore to drink 12 goblets full of the stuff, after all.

So in a sense, by killing Dumbledore Snape not only prevented Draco 
from killing him, he also prevented Harry from killing him.

I am more certain than ever that Snape is sincerely working for the 
Order of the Phoenix. To me the mystery is why. I don't understand
his 
motivations.  He is obviously no humanitarian. It is possible that
for 
some reason, he HAS to work for the Order. He may even resent the
fact 
that he has to. He may wish he could quit and join the Death Eaters. 
But for some reason, he can't. Dumbledore understands his motivations 
and that is why he trusts him.


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