Spinner's End

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No: HPFGUIDX 156827

Ceridwen wrote:
But, since I do agree that someone was Polyjuiced as someone else,
why not consider LV as a possible Polyjuiced Someone?

Carol responds:
Sorry to snip our whole post, but I just can't buy Snape not being
the Half-blood Prince and the person in the tower and the flight
scene.
There's just no reason for someone polyjuiced as Snape to be so
upset about Harry using his spells against him, or about James, and
we've been set up since Book 1 for Snape to be a Legilimens. Also,
there's no one we know who could fend off Harry's spells the way
Snape did, and the irony/poignancy is lost if it wasn't Snape who
stopped him
from being Crucio'd. (Sorry, Ceridwen. I know this isn't really your
argument, it' hounnyhm's [sp!!]).

<<snip>>

Tinktonks buts in:

Ok so try this for size. It wasn't Snape at Spinners End. It was a
polyjuiced Dumbledore. Both are sufficiently good
Occlumens/Legilimens that nobody would be able to tell the
difference. It was DD who took the UV that would take his life. He
knew throughout the whole book that Draco's attempts to kill he
WOULD end with his death because if Draco failed the vow would kick
in and kill him instantly anyway. This is why he shared all the
information about Horcruxes with Harry. This is also why he told
Harry to confide in Ron and Hermione (Obviously counting that
Hermione's logic would be important when he was gone)

Snape knew of this situation and had been ordered to take the killing
shot so that none of the DE or LV found out that Snape had allowed
DD to take his place. The look of revulsion was because Snape knew
he had to kill someone he cared for and that it should have been him
who had taken the vow in the first place and died instead.

Tinktonks (Anyone buying this one even for a second? I actually
quite like it!)