Spinner's End

[Ken Hutchinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 156854

 
> 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!)
>


Sure, I'll buy a little of that. I'm an easy sell for crackpot
theories. Why? Because the author has said that no one will guess the
ending and I take that as a challenge. If you want to divine the
ending you have to consider EVERY possibility and follow it through to
see where it leads. Many possibilities lead no where but the thing to
remember is that even the correct ones will appear to lead no where
initially because this is a complex story. It is only when several of
these apparent dead ends are combined into a whole that the way
forward is likely to be revealed. The people with the best chance to
do that are those who think like JKR. I am not one of those. I have
severe issues with the structure of the Potterverse and it is unlikely
that I will be able to extrapolate along the same trajectory that
Rowling will choose. I might be able to recognize the path as hers if
one of you can point it out to me.

The canon police will not help in this endeavor. Correctly interpreted
canon can separate what is not possible from what is. Red herrings
abound and so many of our police are emotionally invested in items
that could be, not definitely are but could be, red herrings that we
have to regard them as Sirens calling us back inside the box. The
clues are inside the box, the answers are not.

To echo what DD told Harry about the horcrux hunt we who want to
predict book 7 must desert the shores of the comfortable known and
sail the seas of uncertainty towards the land of the could be. While
we must not forget where we have come from the truth lies ahead rather
than astern.

So be bold, fellow mariner, and send us reports on what lies your way!

Ken

PS: Did someone say there are no cannons in Harry's world? Behold, I
give you the Chudley Cannons! ;-)