Snape Survey, Snapeity, Dumbledore's sacrifice.

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No: HPFGUIDX 149267

Albus Dumbledore: 

Of course that is what he would tell you, Draco, but 

justcarol67" justcarol67 at ... wrote: 

> But we don't know what it means. 

The above statement is not complicated and I think the meaning is
clear. Of course it is possible to assign strange and counter
intuitive meanings to every single line in the book if one doesn't
mind following a rather convoluted logical path.

> Harry told not only Dumbledore but
> Lupin and Mr. Weasley (in "A Very 
> Frosty Christmas") that Snape had made an Unbreakable Vow.

And no doubt they too thought Snape had not really done it and was
just being a good spy, but we know better.

> *Harry* told Dumbledore what he had 
> overheard in the conversation between 
> Draco and Snape, including that Snape
> had made a UV to protect Draco 

Yes.

> It's inconceivable that DD would not 
> have asked Snape about it if Snape 
> had not already told him

I agree, and it's inconceivable that Snape's answer to Dumbledore's
question was:

"Yes I agreed to make an Unbreakable Vow but I had absolutely no idea,
not the faintest clue, what on Earth I was vowing to do. I didn't find
out until it was over, it turned out I was vowing to do everything I
could to help Draco smuggle a mob of murderous Death Eaters into a
castle full of young children. Oh and then I made yet another
Unbreakable Vow I was clueless about to murder you myself if Draco's
plan failed. Did I make a booboo? You still think of me as a cunning
mastermind and brilliant secret agent, right? You still trust me
completely, right?"

> DD's remark to Harry that he knows 
> more about the situation than Harry does 

Dumbledore's boast was unwarranted, Harry was clearly the wiser of the
two. Dumbledore was very surprised that Death Eaters had gotten into
the castle, even though Harry had warned him that something like that
might happen when they were away finding the (fake) Horcrux; Harry
even pinpointed where the danger was, the Room Of Requirement, and who
was behind it, Draco. So Harry told Dumbledore when the danger would
happen, where it would come from and who was behind it; but when it
did happen just as Harry said it would
Dumbledore was surprised. 

It shouldn't really surprise us to find in book 6 the student starting
to surpass the teacher, after all the book was not called "Albus
Dumbledore and the Half Blood Prince". At the end of the day either
Harry will turn out to be right about Snape or Dumbledore will, I'll
put my money on the hero of the series.

> The only "help" we know for certain that
> Snape gives to Draco in HBP is saving 
> his life from Harry's Sectum Sempra curse 

That was quite a bit of help but I wish Snape hadn't done it, if Draco
had died Dumbledore would still be alive. 

> Snape heals Draco and gives Harry multiple 
> detentions but does not expel him even 
> though McGonagall states that he had
> grounds to do so. 

I confess that part of the story always confused me because I can't
see where Harry did anything wrong, he would have been entirely
justified if he'd blown Draco's head off. 

sistermagpie" <belviso at ...> wrote: 

> Canon suggests Dumbledore did know about the vow

So "Of course that is what he would tell you, Draco, but" suggests
Dumbledore really believed Snape made that vow. It does??? 

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