'...He was taking too much for granted'

[abergoat]

No: HPFGUIDX 161569


Pippin wrote:

>  Would the vow stop him from doing that?  It only says, "Should it 
> prove necessary...if it seems Draco will fail..."  JKR could drive a 
> coach and six flying horses through that one.  


Abergoat writes:

Cannot argue there! ;) Although I do think the story is most
interesting if Snape was in a Catch22 on the top of the tower with the
choice between two dead men and a teenager killer (Harry or Draco) or
one dead man and an adult murderer. I'm not sure how Harry would have
reacted in Dumbledore died from the effects of the potion.
 
Pippin wrote:

> It seems to me that Dumbledore must have planned to
> feign his own death even before Snape took the vow. There
> really was no choice. The elephant in the HPB livingroom is
> the battle between Dumbledore and Voldemort that took 
> place in OOP. Once that happened it should have been clear,
> though no one mentions it, that Dumbledore's days as 
> Headmaster were numbered. There is no escaping Voldemort
> once he has tried to kill you (unless you're Harry), and 
> Voldemort definitely tried to kill Dumbledore then.

Abergoat writes:

Don't you think that Tom Riddle wanted to murder Dumbledore during his
visit to the Headmaster's Office but lacked the necessary courage
without his supporters in tow? That's what I thought JKR suggested
with Harry wanting to shout warning to Dumbledore.

Abergoat