[HPforGrownups] Requiescat in Pace, My Dark Phoenix

[rebecca]

No: HPFGUIDX 151335


> 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!
>
Rebecca:

There is a decription on the Tower that has always (like everything else 
Snape) had me wondering, specifically this snippet:

"But someone else had spoken Snape's name, quite softly.
'Severus .'
The sound frightened Harry beyond anything he had experienced all evening. 
For the first time, Dumbledore was pleading.
Snape said nothing, but walked forwards and pushed Malfoy roughly out of the 
way. **The three Death Eaters fell back without a word. Even the werewolf 
seemed cowed.**"

My question is who is Snape in the LV Death Eater World that other DE's 
would either respect or fear him? And why would the werewolf be "cowed"?

Rebecca