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

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 141317

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant107" <eggplant107 at h...>
wrote:
 
> 
> 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

you are forgetting a little thing called the Unbreakable Vow that
Snape took.  He would have died before being able to do a darn thing
to the Death Eaters - Draco had failed; Draco wasn't going to kill
Dumbledore.  The UV would have kicked in.  If Snape turned his back
and started to kill DE's instead of *killing* Dumbledore, Snape would
have probably dropped dead in his tracks.  And then what?  You've read
enough posts on this board to know the rest of the story - Snape dead,
Harry can't move, DE's still in the tower.  DE's would kill
Dumbledore, who was weak & probably one or two minutes from death
anyway.  Harry would be released - Harry, who didn't *defeat* any DE's
- he didn't kill any, he just deflected their hexs & curses - would
have, in a blind rage  - just like the rage we saw him go after Snape
- tried to take on the DE's up in the tower with a werewolf.  What are
the odds there?  No Snape to protect Harry (yes! Snape protected Harry
- he wouldn't let the other DE's curse Harry).  So, tally it up - DD
dead, Snape dead, Harry dead.  End of story.  

Regardless if you believe that Snape is working for the Order still,
is working for Voldemort, or just out of himself, how could you not
see what would happen on the tower if Snape hadn't done what he did?  

Hard choices in War.  Nothing is easy.  Things aren't black & white in
War - how does that saying go:  All's fair in love & war...

Dumbledore would not have wanted Draco dead - regardless if one thinks
that Draco is a twit and deserves to die, DD doesn't want that.  DD is
a wise wizard who probably knows more about the situation up on the
tower better than Harry.  Yes, DD has made mistakes, but to have a
colossial mistake in judgement, over 16 years, with Snape is more than
a mistake - it makes DD a foolish, unwise wizard.  Most of DD's
mistakes have not been that huge, IMHO.  He could not control Sirius
from going to MoM - was that a mistake?   He could not control the
feelings between Harry & Snape - was that a mistake?  I don't think
they are - you are dealing with humans here - flawed, imperfect, in
all their glory & warts, so to speak.    

colebiancardi
(who wonders if Snape ever went to trial in *real-life*, who would
believe the word of a distressed and emotional 17 year old, when
presented with the odds?  I hope in book 7, some logical and
even-tempered wizard yanks the memories out of Harry's head and
reviews them in the Pensive - which are objective, according to
Rowling....)