[HPforGrownups] Snape didn't make the Unbreakable Vow

[k12listmomma]

No: HPFGUIDX 161659

bercygirl2 said:
> All the debate about whether Snape knew what Narcissa was going to ask
> him to do, whether the third request caught him off guard,
> etc.....it's all moot. It doesn't matter what Narcissa requested of
> him, or if Snape knew through Legilimency what she was up to, is
> irrelevant.
> The Vow was invalid.
> JKR specifically tells us that Snape and Narcissa "grasped right hands"
> (HBP p. 36) and makes sure we notice that Snape's hand twitches.
> That twitch is not random - it is there so we look carefully at this
> scene. Think of all the debate this scene has caused, with one side
> saying it proves that Snape is really Voldemort's right-hand man, and
> others claiming it proves that Snape is Dumbledore's right-hand man.
> Snape isn't ANYONE'S right-hand man.
> He is left-handed. Go back and re-read all the books and notice how
> the words "left" and "opposite side" are constantly juxtaposed with
> Snape's name.
> The Vow was not made with his wand hand.
> Ergo, it was never made at all.


So, if one wizard is right handed, and the other is left handed, how do they 
make this vow?  You are saying it would be impossible? Seems to me, it's 
much like a handshake- it matters little if you do it right handed or left- 
it's still a hand shake, and the intention is realized by all who see it or 
experience it. I doubt very much that the wand can only work if you use your 
dominant hand, and that holding it with your off hand in time of need 
somehow dispels all that ability that you possess as a wizard, so I think 
your theory doesn't hold up. If we need Cannon to support this, wasn't there 
scenes in the MOM where Neville held his wand in his off hand when he was 
injured? I don't have my book in front of me, but it seems to me there is at 
least one scene where a wizard is forced to use their off hand due to 
injury.

Plus, why do we see the light snakes around the two hands, "sealing the 
vow", if it wasn't a legitimate vow? Nah, it was real all right. Otherwise, 
JKR would have given us some reference before now to help us realize a fake.

Shelley