[HPforGrownups] RE: Full Story/ Book 7 WAS Re: Bullying

[P J]

No: HPFGUIDX 141201



Julie:
We know what Harry saw, but that doesn't mean it's the full story. We  are
still missing a dozen or more pertinent facts, including what  Dumbledore
meant when he said "Severus, please...", whether Dumbledore could or
could not recover from the cave horcrux curse by the time Snape did
arrive, why Snape went so easy on Harry while Harry was trying to
crucio him, etc, etc. That's what I mean when I say the scene is
shrouded in doubt. Whether they end up proving DDM or ESE Snape,
we are certain to learn more facts about this scene in Book 7.

PJ replies:

I totally agree with this.  It certainly can't be the full story.  There's 
just too many unanswered questions we'll have to wait for book 7 to 
(hopefully) clear up.

I deleted the rest of the post as we both seemed to have misunderstood the 
point of the other in most of it.  Now that it's cleared up for both of us, 
I thought this seemed like the important part to respond to.  :-)

Julie:
Either way those facts won't negate the canon event we saw on the
Tower <snip>

PJ replies:

You're right.  Negate was the wrong word as canon is simply built upon 
rather than shown to have been false. JKR loves to throw in surprises.  Hope 
she doesn't become too clever for her own good.

I think my greatest fear for book 7 is JKR trying to clear things up quickly 
by having a character come out of nowhere telling us what really happened - 
or why they happened - without showing us some of the required backstory.  
She did a bit of that in book 6 and it really annoyed me to no end.  I want 
a LONG letter from Dumbledore along with the entire pensieve memory of that 
night in GH (and what led up to it) laid out clearly as well as a discussion 
or two with Dumbledore's picture.  I want it ALL!   I don't care if we need 
a crane to hold the book so it can be read, I want a reasonable storyline  
:-)


PJ