The UV

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 155915

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant107" <eggplant107 at ...>
wrote:
>
>  "colebiancardi" <muellem@> wrote:
> 
> > If you read anything in the spy genre,
> > those double agents do the same things
> > as Snape(even worse things, quite frankly)
> > and they are not moronic characters,
> > but deeply conflicted characters. 
> 
> Have you ever read a spy novel where the loyal spy tells the President
> of the United stated that he's going to assassinate him, and the
> President said it's a brilliant idea and still trusts him 100%, and
> then the spy actually does it and kills the President? I haven't.
> 
> And if Snape and Dumbledore behaved in the way you suggest then they
> are not deeply conflicted, they are deeply brain damaged. 
> 
>

dumbledore is not the "president" or even the leader of the Wizarding
World, nor even the person who will defeat LV, so that comparison is
off base.   Narcissa snuck into the UV to have Snape complete Draco's
task, which wasn't what Snape had in mind, probably, when he agreed to
take the UV.  However, all things considered, he wasn't sure who the
task was supposed to kill - many people, including myself, thought it
was Harry that Draco was supposed to kill.   Did Snape know it was
Dumbledore that Draco was supposed to kill when he took the UV?  I
don't know;  probably not is my uneducated guess

Obviously, Dumbledore STILL trusted Snape throughout HBP.  Even when
Harry was forced to poisan DD, Dumbledore ASKED for Snape.  Wouldn't
let Harry call anyone else.  So, the big question, which hopefully
will be answered in book 7, is why DD trusted Snape, even with the UV,
to the end.  Since DD KNEW about the UV when Harry told him about it,
Snape must have told Dumbledore everything about that vow.

You may think those 2 characters are brain dead; I think they were
making plans on how to win the WAR, not just one battle.  Having
Dumbledore around in book 7 would have been nice, but obviously it is
not necessary - even DD stated he was not as important as Harry.  
Harry lives to win the WAR and that is what DD would have wanted.  

colebiancardi