An AK Puzzle

[Annette]

No: HPFGUIDX 134052

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> This makes me wonder--did Snape's use of the AK really come as a 
> surprise to DD? Was the poison so potent that at this point DD 
> actually couldn't resist the AK? If Snape did have the requisite 
> level of hatred for DD to allow him to perform the AK properly, 
> perhaps it was indeed DD's inner reserves of power that caused him 
> not to die instantly but to be blasted off the tower and 
subsequently 
> to die from the fall.
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> Merrylinks

*********** How true Merrylinks! I wondered if Snape had the 
necessary hatred in him to perform the AK on DD too. I believe and 
trust that Sev. is a good man, not kindly but at his core he is 
working for the good. I don't think he wanted to kill DD, he just 
knew he was expected to carry out his duty. The AK curse was used but 
some how deflected. I don't believe DD would want SS's soul ripped  
apart, so I consider that DD died as a result of the poison and the 
fall from the tower. Also, the horcrux was possibly the poison 
itself, not the locket, therefore DD's death would eliminate a part 
of LV. 

So many imponderables ! 

Annette