RE Good Reasons for DD to die

[katssirius]

No: HPFGUIDX 156602

Carol:
"There must be some more valid reason for Dumbledore's trust in Snape
than a vow that would cost Snape's life if he broke it. IOW,
Dumbledore must believe that Snape deserves his trust and have solid
reasons for that belief.

"Carol, who thinks that McGonagall's statement in SS/PS that there are
some things Dumbledore is too noble to do applies to Unbreakable Vows
as well as to Unforgiveable Curses and Horcruxes"


I must admit I had not thought about the unbreakable vow in this
way.  I think you make an excellent argument both for it being dark
magic and a compulsion.  I thought of it as the ultimate gift.  I
will stake my life on this vow.  However I understand your point
that the nobility of the gift is lost once choice is lost and as you
said Dumbledore believes in choices.  I do not want to stray too far
though from a discussion of why Dumbledore had to die from a meta
standpoint as well as from the choices Snape had before him in the
Tower.  I think it is important to realize that Snape did not have a
win/win choice in HBP and I believe he and Dumbledore knew
throughout the book from the moment he takes the DADA job that Snape
was going to be faced with a choice that involved sacrifice without
the hope of a hidden time turner, Fawkes saving the day, or some
other miracle that has pulled Harry out of a crisis in each of the
books.

katssirius