Draco and Dumbledore

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 160173

> Dungrollin:
> 
> Presumably after the Katie Bell incident, they should have 
detained 
> Draco (by force if necessary), interrogated him, destroyed the 
> vanishing cabinet in the RoR, and secreted him away somewhere 
along 
> with Narcissa (again, forcibly if necessary), thus activating the 
> vow. Snape, of course, should have magnanimously died, and it 
would 
> have been his own stupid fault. They give out the story that DD 
> killed both Draco and Snape in self-defence, after they revealed 
> themselves to be undercover agents of Voldemort and attempted to 
> assassinate him. 
> 
> The consequences of this are quite interesting. 
> 
> Ron would have still been affected by a love potion and then 
> poisoned on his birthday. 

a_svirn:
What has the love potion to do with anything? The mead wasn't the 
antidote, it was just a tonic. 


>On the other hand, Harry wouldn't have had 
> the chance to test Sectumsempra out on Malfoy. However, I think we 
> could confidently say that he would *still* have tried it out. On 
> who, though? 

a_svirn:
On whom indeed? Do you think someone else would have tried an 
unforgivable on Harry? 

> Nor, however would there be a 
> Severus Snape to cure DD from the cursed potion. 

a_svirn:
Which is neither here no there, since Snape never got around of 
curing him anyway. 

> But at least none of the children got hurt. <snip
> 
> Personally, I think Snape is a seriously useful chap to have 
around.

a_svirn:
More useful than a bunch of children that's for sure. Thank Merlin 
Dumbledore got his priorities straight.