Lifedebt Question

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 142355

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Bee chase" <luckdragon64 at y...> 
wrote:
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> Luckdragon:
> I know that various lifedebts have been discussed in the past...
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> ie) Snapes lifedebt to James
>     Wormtails lifedebt to Harry
>     Snapes lifedebt to Dumbledore
> ...and I did a search, but did not find anything about DD owing a 
> lifedebt to Snape. Did I miss it?
> 
> I'm wondering if Snape saving DD after the ring incident could have 
> created this particular lifedebt. If DD owed Snape his life and 
Snape 
> would have died by not fullfilling his Unbreakable vow, it could 
> explain why DD begged Snape to kill him.

I don't think DD had a lifedebt to Snape, nor do I believe Snape has 
a lifedebt to DD.  Lifedebts seem to be a very strange nature - it 
isn't just saving the life of someone, it seems to be saving the life 
of someone at a) great risk to yourself and b) so far, saving someone 
whom you don't care about at all <eg>  At what point did DD or Snape 
put themselves in great risk to *save* one another?  We haven't read 
or heard about it, so I doubt that.  Harry saving Ginny in CoS did 
not result in Ginny owning a lifedebt to Harry.  The only lifedebts 
JKR speaks of is Snape to James and Peter to Harry.

I actually believe that Draco owes Snape a lifedebt now - after the 
UV and all.  If, of course, the UV supercedes lifedebts, as if you 
break the UV, you will die yourself(isn't that at great risk to 
yourself?<big g>).  I wonder if a UV cancels out lifedebts....hmmmm

colebiancardi
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