[HPforGrownups] Re: ESE, DDM, OFH, or Grey? (WAS: DDM!Snape the definition)

[puduhepa98 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 162618

Carol:
. Much as I would like to believe that DD died from
> the  poison and Snape cast some other spell disguised as an AK (I do
> think  there was an additional nonverbal spell that sent him over the
>  battlements, but that's beside the point), his agony is only
> explicable  if he really killed Dumbledore against his will, for the
> cause, at the  expense of his own soul and everything he had before--a
> comfortable job,  the respect of the WW, the trust of the Order
> members, the freedom to go  anywhere without fear of Azkaban.

Nikkalmati
 
But, Carol, Snape could be mistaken himself.  When he was fleeing the  
castle, he presumably thought DD died solely as a result of his [SS's] mistakes  
(the prophecy, taking the UV, mot healing the cursed hand etc.).  He had no  way 
of knowing DD had drunk the poisoned goo in the cave.  He could see DD  was in 
a bad way, but he had no knowledge of what Draco might have done or where  DD 
might have been. When he faced Harry, he was suffering emotional turmoil  
from having cast the AK, but he may feel differently when he realizes all the  
circumstances. 
 
Nikkalmati


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