Requiescat in Pace, My Dark Phoenix

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 151371


> houyhnhnm:
> 
> Are you saying that the UV can "see" through the disguises? That DD!
> Snape is about to die from the UV unless he kills Snape!DD? 
> 
> The third clause of the Vow required Snape "should it prove necessary 
> 
 if it seems Draco will fail [...] carry out the deed that the Dark 
> Lord has ordered Draco to perform?"
> 
> But Draco does not seem to be about to fail the /deed that the Dark 
> Lord has ordered/--namely killing Dumbledore.  Rather he is about to 
> fail in the attempt to kill Snape (as DD!Snape).  So it seems to me 
> that the Vow would not even kick in.

zgirnius:
I guess it is arguable, at that. I do think the Vow sees through 
disguises, yes. Otherise, what a clever way to kill someone-Polyjuice 
yourself into them, swear to do something they are certainly not going  
to do (In exactly one hour and five minutes, I swear to walk into the 
main vault at Fort Knox, or any equally random and unlikely act), wait 
for the potion to wear off, and bingo. The unsuspecting victim is dead.

However, you have a point. Draco is actually wavering in an attempt to 
kill Snape, not Dumbledore, though of course he doesn't know that. On 
the other hand, the Death Eaters present don't know it either. It suree 
SEEMS that Draco is failing to kill Dumbledore, one of the others even 
makes a comment to that effect. (Recall Narcissa's wording of the 
Vow...)