Snape-Our Side

[deepthi_b1]

No: HPFGUIDX 151673

I have heard many rumours concering that Snape may just as well be on 
our side (ie.he did not kill Dumbledore as far as I feel)Here are some of the theories I've heard and hopefully a few people wouldn't mind of taking a few points from their theories as well.

Now one of the most common theories is that the curse Snape used on Dumbledore in the Tower may as well be a curse similar to Avada but not having the main objective: to kill.We see that Dumbledore does not fall to the ground like the previous victims of the curse that we have seen but instead falls almost gracefully from the tower which could have been performed by a simple non-verbal curse (Wingardium Leviosa). J.K has been renown for using the few lessons that have been emphasized in the books to spring up again in the critical portions of the books. In support to my theory, you can further examine that beazor mentioned in the first book comes to light again in the 6th.  We can take this granted for the performance of a non-verbal spell and again for the Draught of Living Death (a potion which makes the consumer appear to be dead )which Dumbledore may have taken during the fall to make it seem as if he was dead and which Snape himself may have prepared for him.

Coming to the other theories....has anyone shed light on the following passage from the 6th book, The Cave, Page 534? "Hating himself,repulsed by what he was doing"were the words used by J.K to describe Harry's actions while forcingly giving Dumbledore the cup filled with the potion on his orders. In fact J.K again uses "revulsion and hatred etched..." to describe Snape's expression while he was "killing" Dumbledore. Perhaps he was being forced by Dumbledore to "kill" him. 

Another fact to show that Snape may be on our side....in the 4th book right after Voldemort returned and the imposter Moody,Barty Crouch Jr. was caught and killed Pg 619 Harry hears Dumbledore telling Snape "Severus,'said Dumbledore....as Snape swept wordlessly after Sirius." tells us that Snape was infact following Dumbledore's 
orders while going to Voldemort. 

Similiar events  are described again in the 6th book in Spinners End by Snape to Bellatrix and Narissca. We also know that Snape was giving information to Dumbledore as we see his face in Dumbledore's Pensive saying that the Dark Mark was getting stronger as was Karkaraof's.I also distinctly remember that Hagrid was quoted saying somewhere in the 6th book that Snape was saying that he couldn't do it anymore...perhaps he was referring to the pressure he was facing and all that he'd have to face if word got around that he'd killed Dumbledore. Dumbledore also pleads Snape by saying "Servus..." perhaps prompting him to carry on the act as he does to Harry while taking the potion.

There are many more theories to this, but I just want to know how many more people find this theory fitting as I sure do.

deepthi