[HPforGrownups] Requiescat in Pace, My Dark Phoenix

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 151329

Talisman wrote:

Ah, fun theories about Slughorn or Pettigrew taking Dumbledore's place.  I
wish I could subscribe to them, but, let us face facts: 
there is only one surrogate with the mighty cahones required for the action
of the cave and the tower, Severus Snape.



Sherry now:

Sorry to snip all the rest of the post, but I'm replying to the overall
theory.  I had a visceral *NO* reaction to this.  For the same reasons I
can't accept Snape murdering Dumbledore for some noble cause.  It would make
Dumbledore a murderer, and I simply cannot even contemplate the possibility.
The supposed epitome of good in the series becoming a murderer is too
horrible to consider.  Also, in the end it would make Snape too much the
hero, Dumbledore the ultimate baddie worse than Voldemort, and diminish
Harry, who is the hero of the story.  I was absolutely fascinated reading
your theory, however.  Wow!

Sherry