[HPforGrownups] A Cold Equation (was Re: The Trial Of Severus Snape)

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 141340

houyhnhnm:

If Dumbledore was "sick" and in need of rescuing, then we can take it
as a given that he was not going to survive against four Death Eaters.
 He couldn't even stand.  He was "for sure" dying. To argue otherwise
is sophistical.

As for Snape not dying from breaking the UV, the only canonical
information about the operation of UVs is Ron's statement.
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"... What happens if you break it, then?"
"You die," Ron said simply.
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That's pretty straightforward.

You are free to write your own fanfiction and invent your own
explanation for the working of the UV, but it is not really fair to
use your invention as the premise of an argument and call it "canonical".


Sherry now:

First of all, we do not know that Dumbledore was dying.  We know he was
sick, but we have no *canon* to say he would not or could not recover.

as for the unbreakable vow, I'm not denying what is said about it.  I'm
saying we don't know how that happens.  We don't know if Snape would have
died at the moment Dumbledore did not die.  After all, Dumbledore didn't die
on two fumbled attempts of Draco's.  why didn't Snape keel over then?  I'm
only saying that we don't know enough about how the vow works to know how it
would have caused Snape's death. Or when?

As for fan fiction, no thanks.  i like what JKR writes and feel no need to
write my own version.  And from my point of view, your belief that Snape
murdered Dumbledore for some noble cause is just as likely to be fan fiction
as your idea that Snape committed murder at all is.  We are simply
interpreting the canon we have in different ways.

And while I'm here, because I am ready to stop debating Snape till book
seven, since neither side will ever convince the other ... here's a
hypothetical for all of you who believe that Dumbledore's death was for the
good of everyone.  What if it's proven that Snape did indeed murder
Dumbledore for his own reasons?  if you can say that the death of Dumbledore
was for the greater good and calmly believe that, then if Snape is shown to
be a murderer either for Voldemort's sake or his own, what should happen to
him?  Would you then also advocate for his death as just punishment?  i do
not.  As I said in an earlier post on this subject, I am for life in all
situations.  Dumbledore should have lived.  Snape should not be executed, if
he did commit murder.  

Sherry