Possibly another slant?

[Deb]

No: HPFGUIDX 139333

 "budbondietti"  wrote:
> Having read a lot of the comments, I'd like to add my two cents 
worth. 
> I do believe that Snape AK'ed DD but it was not for the completion 
of 
> Draco's task or the UV. I believe that Snape fulfilled his 
committment 
> to Narcissa when he healed Draco after the sectumsempra curse was 
> performed by Harry. 
> 
> I believe that Draco's assignment from the DL was to create a 
means to 
> get his DE's into Hogwarts for a confrontation with DD to stop his 
> efforts to find the Horcruxes which he found out how DD was 
> progressing by using Harry's vision. I find it hard to believe 
that 
> the DL would not utilize any means of succeeding after all of the 
past 
> failures. I also have a problem believing that the DL would assign 
> such a gigantic assignment (doing in DD) to an unproven teen. 
> Completion of the path from B&B to Hogwarts would be a start to 
prove 
> Draco's worth and avenge his fathers incarceration.
> 
> These are my thoughts.
> 
> Bud

 I think  that LV gave Draco 2 tasks... to get the DEs inside 
Hogwarts and to kill Dumbledore. And as has been pointed out else 
where, LV expected Draco to fail at one or both tasks. When Snape 
made the UV with Narcissa, I think he knew there was more than one 
task for Draco though he did not know what specifically they were. I 
would imagine that LV and the DEs have been discussing ever since LV 
returned how to get into Hogwarts and how to do away with 
Dumbledore.... they probably even discussed these things before LV 
became Vapomort!  That may be part of the reason his hand twitched 
during the 3rd part of the UV ... anxiety and hope that Narcissa 
would not specify what exactly the task was she wanted Snape to 
finish if Draco failed. (I also wonder if Narcissa knew what the 
precise task(s) were... she might have only knew that Draco had 
a "deed" to do for LV and may not have known what exactly it was). 
That way if Snape had been able to help Draco complete the first 
task, bringing in the DEs to Hogwarts, then he would have fulfilled 
the terms of the UV and would not have had to kill Dumbledore. 
However, Draco foiled Snape's attempts to help him and even refused 
to tell him what he was trying to do. Draco thought Snape "wants to 
steal my glory" (paraphrase here) and was determined to accomplish 
the task on his own (even cried to Moaning Myrtle when he was not 
having any success at repairing the Vanishing Cabinet) ... to win 
glory for himself, to redeem his father, to elevate himself in the 
DE hierarchy, to gain positive regard from LV (I suspect that Draco 
was very aware that if he failed it would most probably mean his own 
death and perhaps the deaths of his father and mother)..... for one, 
another, or all of these reasons. So when Snape realized that Draco 
had indeed succeeded in the first task... and all on his own... 
Snape had little choice (and I am sure that he had discussed this 
thoroughly with Dumbledore when the UV was first made).... he had to 
be the one to "carry out the deed that the Dark Lord has ordered 
Draco to perform"... that is the 2nd "deed"... kill Dumbledore.   

Deb (djklaugh)