Trial of Severus Snape - WAS Re: Harry IS Snape.

[eggplant107]

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"M.Clifford" <Aisbelmon at h...> wrote:

Me:
>> if I had to decide between 
>> letting Draco die and murdering 
>> Dumbledore it's a no brainer.
>> Goodbye Draco.

>Valky 
> Heavens eggplant! Alright if that is your
> opinion, then it's your opinion. But how
> could Dumbledore share that with you?

I have never seen any evidence that Dumbledore wanted Snape to kill
him nor have I read any credible reason why he would wish such a thing. 

> DD is, what, 150 years old? or more? and
> Draco is a child, and a child who was a
> bees thingy from redemption to boot!

Draco may be a child but he is also a poor excuse for a human being,
Dumbledore on the other hand is the greatest wizard of the age; and
you need to do a lot more than not murder someone to get redemption
after all the things Draco has done.

> IMO, a Dumbledore that would allow Draco
> to die in his place, wouldn't be Dumbledore
> at all.

And besides, I don't understand how Dumbledore's death makes Draco one
bit safer.

 Me:
>> Snape demonstrated that he was
>> far more powerful than any of
>> the other Death Eaters who 
>>seemed quite terrified of him 

Valky:
> Hmmm I don't 100% agree there. On the one
> hand, I have a stubborn feeling that Snape
> is incredibly skilled and dangerous, but 
> on the other, I don't really read that
> in the Tower scene. It honestly looked to
> me as though Snapes Ace Card with the DE's
> was his rank with Voldemort. 

You will notice that Harry had very little difficulty dealing with the
other Death Eaters that fateful night in the tower, Harry defeated one
after the other and hardly broke a sweat; Snape however was a very
different matter. I believe Snape is more intelligent than any of his
contemporaries and is an extraordinarily powerful wizard, only
Dumbledore and Voldemort were stronger and Snape had just killed one
and he was protecting Harry because he knew he was the only one who
could kill the other.

> I agree that he had the surprise element on his
> side, and he could choose for himself to use it
> to his advantage. But as for 'he never
> tried', we cannot establish that so easily.  

Snape never attacked the Death Eaters, he could have killed them and
then told Voldemort that Dumbledore had done it, he could have said
the raid failed because Draco had not told him about it in advance and
he was on the other side of the castle when it happened, that last
part has the advantage of being true. Snape could have said that Draco
was dead too and then as Dumbledore suggested Draco could change his
name and enter the witness protection program.

Instead of doing or even trying to do any of that Snape decided he'd
rather murder Dumbledore. 

 Eggplant