Draco and Dumbledore on the Tower WAS: Re: DDM!Harry and Snape/Grey!Snape

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 162865

> > Alla:
> >
> > Draco did turn the wand towards the Dumbledore though, before he
> > lowered it, so to me this is exactly it - the moment where Draco
> > starts to be ready to kill and finds himself incapable of it.
>
> Magpie:
> I'm not sure what you mean? Draco is pointing his wand at
Dumbledore the
> whole time. A moment where he's going to kill and finds himself
incapable
> would be something Harry/narrator could see, just as he sees so
many other
> signs of Draco's conflict. I don't have the scene in front of me,
but I
> can't believe I've forgotten that important a moment (for Draco as
well as
> Dumbledore, whom I remember being steady throughout). It wouldn't
be a
> moment where maybe we can imagine it happening somewhere in our
minds. I
> think we'd actually probably get Dumbledore calling attention to
it as well.

Alla:

No, I do not think that you have forgotten anything. :)
What I am disagreeing with is your interpretation that it is just
not in the scene - Draco's readiness to kill Dumbledore at first,
before he lets himself be convinced otherwise.

To me Draco's pointed wand symbolises exactly that - his readiness
to kill at first, till he listens. He was pointing his wand whole
time AFAIR, Yes, but he has to **point** it sometime, yes?

That is what for me equals Draco's intention to kill DD. He never
goes through with it, but he **points** the wand before he lowers
it, if it makes sense?

I mean, to you it is necessary for Dumbledore to call atention to
that. Why? I see it without any additional attention being called to
it, just as I see DD doing everything possible to stop Draco from
following through.

ETA:

Are you saying that unless JKR wrote the scene 
differently from what you think it **has to be** written to be 
interpreted differently, the different interpretation for that scene 
becomes less valid?
What I am trying to say is that I do not find the fact that scene 
was not written this particular way to foreclose the different 
interpretation. 


I mean, I do not think DD **needs** to call any additional attention 
to Draco pointing his wand at him. It is like to call additional 
attention to the person who calls you hostage at gun shot, why would 
you do it? If nothing else, the person may flip and shot you instead 
of listening to you.


IMO,

Alla