[HPforGrownups] Dumbledore Does Lie (Re: What turned Snape)

[fair wynn]

No: HPFGUIDX 159031


>Laurawkids:
>
>I'm not really going to argue about DD lying, doesn't every organizer
>of a top-secret plan to rid the world of a horribly dangerous and
>powerful loony have to keep a few things to himself?
>
>I really want to say that there is a third way that Snape can hear
>just the first half of the prophesy:
>
>3)  Snape has his ear or spell to the door and hears the first half.
>He hears the bartender coming and has to straighten up, thus losing
>the ability to hear what ST is saying.  Bartender asks a few
>questions (and is loud enough to drown out ST) and Snape gives
>inappropriate answers, thus angering the bartender who then decides
>to let DD know that he is being spied upon by shoving Snape into DD's
>room.  By this time Sybil is done, it really does not take long to
>speak the prophesy, and conscious of what is going on.  Then Snape is
>questioned and thrown out by DD.
>
>It could happen that way.  I think this is the plain vanilla way to
>interpret what is said about the incident.


wynnleaf

I completely agree.  If you wanted to stage this scenario it would be *so 
simple* to block this little scene out and make it completely believable.  
In fact, my guess it this is exactly what JKR was invisioning and it has 
simply been we typically suspicious readers that have made into something 
complex.

Snape is listening at the door and the prophecy begins.  At the same time 
Sybil starts the prophecy, the bartender is coming up the stairs.  About 
halfway through the prophecy, the bartender comes into the hallway and 
surprising Snape who backs away from the door, thereby missing the rest of 
the prophecy.  The bartender demands an explanation.  Snape stumbles with a 
few lines of excuses.  By that time the prophecy is done and the bartender 
doesn't want to hear any more excuses.  The bartender opens the door 
revealing Snape at the same time as Sybil returns to her senses.  Then the 
bartender throws Snape out of the building.  DD knows that Snape only heard 
half the prophecy because he heard the bartender and Snape start arguing in 
the hallway about halfway through the prophecy, and because he later 
questioned the bartender and knew that Snape backed away from the door when 
the bartender entered the hallway.

This is such a simple explanation.  DD didn't lie in this case (although, 
yes, he does lie some other times).  Snape only heard half the prophecy.  
Sybil saw Snape.  Snape got thrown out.  It all fits quite easily.

wynnleaf, who wrote this explanation to Red Hen, but has no idea what she 
made of it.

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