Resignation & Book 7 Predictions (Way long/HBP Spoilers)

[ladyljd]

No: HPFGUIDX 133691

> houyhnhnm:
> 
> In the cave:
> "Hating himself, repulsed by what he was doing, Harry forced the
> goblet back toward Dumbledore's mouth and tipped it..." (p. 571)
> 
> On the lightening-struck tower:
> "Snape gazed for a moment at Dumbledore, and there was revulsion and
> hatred etched in the harsh lines of his face.
> 
> 'Severus ... please'
> 
> Snape raised his wand..." (p.595-596)
> 
> On second reading it seems more likely to me that Dumbledore is not
> saying 'please don't kill me', but 'please do what you promised to
> do'.

ladyljd:

Oh, how I would love to believe you are right!  Instead I believe we
are being led down the primrose path here.  We know explicity what
Dumbledore instructed Harry to do.  We have no idea what orders passed
between Dumbledore and Snape.  He could be saying "please don't be
tempted by this situation ..."  or "please remember not to make me
plummet off this tower to my death with whatever fake curse you're
about to use!"  Okay, so I'm being silly but you get my drift.


> houyhnhnm
> 
> I can't find any quote from JK Rowling that shows her intent to make 
> Snape ESE.  What she said was she couldn't imagine anyone wanting to 
> be *loved* by Snape. And we will find out in book 7.  Probably
anyone who could play the spy for all that time has got to have very
little heart.  But a traitor I don't believe.

Ladyljd:

I don't know how much more explicit JKR can get than when she refers
to Snape as a "deeply horrible person".  As someone else said
somewhere, Snape appears to be hated by his creator.

And I much prefer to see Dumbledore as MUCH more than a
sentimentalist.  And I think we see snatches of the brutal core of the
man in HBP when he makes Harry pledge to obey him.  However, I get the
feeling that the Dumbledore in my head is much more circumspect that
the one on the page.  I only to have to think of Quirrel, fake Moody,
Lockhart and the hidden Chamber of Secrets to remind me of that.

Great discussion!  

Ljd