JKR's own UV (was Re: Which characters are dynamic?)

[hickengruendler]

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> Lupinlore:
 
> To get Snape completely in the clear, however, involves asking us 
to 
> believe that a pivotal scene what we saw with our own eyes (i.e. 
> with Harry's eyes) is in fact something else entirely. 

Hickengruendler:

Which isn't exactly new in the Potter universe either. In fact, the 
plot twist in PS worked exactly like that. We saw with our own eyes, 
how Snape wanted to kill Harry. Except ... he didn't and was in fact 
murmuring counter-courses trying to save Harry. JKR gave an accurate 
description of what happens in the Quidditch-scene. She did not lie 
to us. We (and the characters) could trust our eyes. But what we 
could not trust, were the characters' interpretations. Therefore, if 
for example Dumbledore's pleading means: "Severus, please kill me", 
it would be a very similar scene to the one in PS. The description of 
the scene was accurate, but the characters' interpretations of it 
not. And it's not, that there aren't any hints at all in the books. 
After all, there are Dumbledore's words that he knew more than Harry 
thought and he knew. And there is the fact, that JKR hit us over the 
heads in the previous books as well as in this one, that Dumbledore 
does not fear death. I can't speak for anyone else, but I at least 
had the "Snape acts on DD's order" theory from the very moment on I 
read that scene. I don't consider it as to cheesy or contrived, but a 
very logical conclusion from what I saw. (Of course that doesn't mean 
that is has to be true. But if the solution is indeed something like 
this, I won't think at all that JKR cheated us, but that she chose a 
solution to the Snape mystery, that is IMO completely based from what 
is presented to us in the books).

> THAT is an 
> entirely different kettle of fish, particularly when dealing with a 
> scene that is much more important and crucial than Harry on his 
> broom in PS/SS or any other examples that come to mind.  

Hickengruendler:

Well, I would say the Harry on his broom incident is very important 
to the plot of that book. And if the first book hadn't been 
successfull, and JKR might not have been able to publish the rest, it 
would have been important to the whole storyline.

But of course you are right, that now the DD death scene is much more 
important. Still I don't see why this should make any difference. She 
has given us some clues, after all.   

Hickengruendler