Plan for events on the Tower (was Re: Do any list members think Dumbledore might have asked Snape to kill him?)

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> Julie:
> >> So I agree that there was no plan for the specific events on 
> the Tower, just a contigency agreement about who would live or 
> die if the worst possible thing came to pass. Which it did. <<
> 
> 
> maria8162001:
> I don't think there was no plan about the events in the tower. I 
> think we are forgetting or overlooking one or 2 important things. 
> The reason, I believe that everything that happen on the tower 
> was all planned, is first, it was on that evening that DD chose 
> to asked Harry to accompany him to look for the horcrux. And I 
> believe both DD and Snape know something's going to happen that 
> evening (Draco letting the DEs in) and they know where it's going 
> to happen. <snip>


Hi all,

New to this group so I'm kinda jumping in to the middle of things.  
Please bear with...
I really like the idea of a contingency plan but I have been 
wondering if maybe I am just too naive.  Obviously DD has magical 
power and knowledge so great that LV considers him his one true 
enemy.  So why would DD choose to die in place of Snape?  I think 
2 reasons, 1st-the destruction of the Slytherin ring may have done 
more damage to DD than just the "dead" arm.  It may have weakened 
him like a cancer and so he was just biding his time until his 
death could really mean something.  2nd-Keeping Snape alive would 
ensure that OOTP could still use his expertise.  I have unresolved 
issues about this though.  Snape will no longer have the guise of 
a Hogwarts Professor to hide behind therefore meeting with the OOTP 
would become increasingly diffucult and risky.  However in killing 
DD he would most likely gain a trust that LV would have never given 
another thus creating a huge weakness.  We cannot forget that Harry 
was not allowed to utter unforgivable curses.  While Snape was 
cruel in the deflection I believe he was protecting Harry from 
doing irreversible evil and that shows loyalty to DD.

Could it be possible that DD had a horcrux of his own?  I only 
wonder this because in the cave he is uttering things that sound 
to me as if he was forced to do harm to another.  I don't remember 
if a horcrux had to be formed from malice or only if you took 
another's life?  It seems that any murder, mistake, forcible or 
malicious, would be enough to split one's soul.

michelle