[HPforGrownups] Re: Of essence divided?

[Peggy Wilkins]

No: HPFGUIDX 154423

On 6/26/06, houyhnhnm102 <celizwh at intergate.com> wrote:

> Peggy:
> > I don't think his "have you forgotten our orders"
> > can be taken one way or the other, as far as his
> > being a loyal DE or DDM!Snape... we know only that
> > they have been given that order.
>
> houyhnhnm:
> We only know that Snape *says* they have been given
> that order. There is no corroborating evidence.
>
> I see what you are saying. That Snape could only have
> dared to make such a claim if they *had* been given
> such orders and Snape knew about it and the DEs knew he knew.

Peggy W again:
Actually, that's not what I mean to say at all.  It's not that I think
Snape's statement is beyond doubt, but rather, I choose to believe
what he is saying because it makes sense to me.  It fits Voldemort's
past behavior.  Voldemort uses meaningful deaths to make Horcruxes,
and Harry's death would be meaningful to him because he sees
Prophecy-Boy-Harry as the last remaining threat to his power.
Dumbledore tells Harry his belief that Voldemort was one Horcrux short
of his goal at Godric's Hollow and so intended Harry's death to
complete that plan; and Dumbeldore says that Harry's death would be
meaningful to Voldemort.  That makes a lot of sense to me.

We may not have hard evidence by the end of HBP of whether or not
Voldemort has completed his goal, but my guess is that Harry's death
is important enough to Voldemort that he still wants to use it to make
that sixth and final Horcrux and complete his 7-part soul.  That gives
me sufficient motivation for believing at face value Snape's statement
that Harry is being saved for Voldemort alone.  I know that this is my
belief and that it isn't supportable by hard evidence (as you say, we
only have Snape's word for it); but if we can only believe things that
are supported by hard evidence, we will find ourselves able to believe
very little.  So for me, it is my personal choice to believe Snape's
statement because it makes sense to me in the context of the larger
story.

-- 
Peggy Wilkins
enlil65 at gmail.com