DDM!Snape & the UV

[richter_kuymal]

No: HPFGUIDX 149828

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" wrote:
> Not even Snape could simultaneously 
protect the helpless (IMO dying)
> Dumbledore and the boy he was sworn to protect and fend off four 
Death
> Eaters, including one who intended to eat Dumbledore for "afters" 
even
> if he weren't bound by the UV.And at some point, probably the 
moment
> he attempted to heal or protect Dumbledore or the moment harm came 
to
> Draco, the vow would kick in and Snape would die--if the DEs didn't
> kill him first. Then they'd kill Dumbledore and Draco and Harry, 
whom
> DD had frozen to protect him, would rush out and meet the same 
fate as  Snape.> The moment Snape aimed his wand at the Death 
Eaters, he would die.
> 
PAR: 
Snape is the person who created levicorpus and he can't do 
it (non verbal) to 2 DEs, a kid and a werewolf who ISN'T at full 
moon and who may be a muggle.  In fact since it says:  Fenrir 
snarled "I'll do it" and "moving toward Dumbledore with his hands 
outstreached, his teeth bared" would indicate he DOESN'T have a 
wand.  So Snape has Malfoy, who doesn't want to kill, Fenrir, who 
has no wand and is probably a Muggle and two DEs who are apparently 
not "top quality" since this is the first they've been brought up.  
And this "greatest warrior" can't manage it?  He kills the two DEs. 
and freezes Fenrir and Draco.  
Nor does this bring the UV into play.  He IS complying with the 
second provision "will you to the best of your ability, protect him 
from harm"  -- "harm" from destroying his soul, harm from the other 
DEs, harm from Fenrir.  As for the 3rd provision, there's no time 
provision on it and there's that "if it should prove necessary" - 
which could be twisted to mean "no, it wasn't necessary, because DD 
is too ill to fight LV".  or "no, it wasn't necessary NOW", because 
I had to keep Draco from harm...." 

but if it did turn out that the 3rd provision would kill him, then 
Snape Levicorpus' the 3 DEs over the side of the tower and dies. 
Either the 3 DEs fall and die, or they try to get back to the tower 
by levitating themselves -- but that gives Harry a chance to act and 
for that matter, Draco, if he opts to take DD's side (which would 
have been a rather satisfying "good" action for a Slytherin and 
rather redeeming for Draco).  If DD dies anyway, he dies.  If, 
however, he still is hanging on, then Harry & Draco could have 
gotten him to Slughorn (also a potions master) or someone else.  At 
least in this scenario, Harry isn't off hating Snape for what appear 
to be perfectly good reasons.

PAR.