Fake AK Theory (and what lies ahead)

[Schumar1999]

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I'm greatly intrigued by all the fake AK theory. I do believe myself that the hate that Snape 
had to have in order to use this curse effectively was his hate of the Task (the task to kill 
the wizard who trusted him... the wizard who saved him) and his hate of Voldemort. I 
rather think that the arguing that Hagrid overheard was about DD telling Snape what he 
Must do in order to protect Draco and allow Harry to get on with his own greater future 
task. As I believe from OotP, one must really have enough hate to use an unforgivable 
curse. So, instead of thinking that it was a fake AK, my gut feeling is that it was real. I am 
most intrigued by the thought that Snape could really truly hate Voldemort. I find myself 
now wondering if Young Death Eater Snape asked Voldemort to to kill James and the child 
but to spare Lily, the former fellow potions star that Snape, if even delusional, thought he 
might have a chance with if James was out of the way. Since Lily died, perhaps Snape is 
biding his time and waiting to get his big chance to avenge Lily's death. I just hope we 
don't end up with some cliché ending where Snape dies and everyone finds out he really 
WAS good, much like Sirius died and the ministry realises he was innocent. 

I think that, by using AK, Snape made a good show for the death eaters...just like he made 
a good show for Bellatrix, giving all appearance that he was acting in the way their Dark 
Lord's loyal servant would. Just as Snape could have used a nonverbal spell against 
Dumbledore, Dumbledore could have nonverbally Blocked him if he were really not doing 
exactly what Dumbledore wished him to (again going back to what they argued about 
earlier).  I took the silence between them to be some Legilimency and perhaps even Snape 
using Occlumency, which is why Dumbledore may have needed to verbally plead with 
Snape. 

Snape running off with Malfoy -- I believe the death eaters probably assumed that Their 
Man Snape was taking Draco to Voldemort and saying, "This Coward could not do you task 
and I had to do it for him..." or something to that extent, but I don't think so. (Also, I 
believe I have posted earlier that I think if Snape were ESE and really going to Voldemort, 
with Dumbledore out of the way he would have taken Harry with him). I have been asking 
myself, however, "Where would Snape take Draco?" Again, I am thinking on the assumption 
that Snape is NOT ESE.... and I am hoping he is taking Draco somewhere to reunite him 
with his mother and come up with some sort of plan for protection and salvation. Has 
anyone else thought that where Snape would be taking Draco may not be to Voldemort?

Marianne S