[HPforGrownups] Looking for fellow Snape lovers

[fair wynn]

No: HPFGUIDX 160193



Jenny>
>Hello everyone. This is my first time at this sight, so I don't
>know if there is already a thread on this topic.  My favorite
>character in the books is Snape and I keep thinking that in the
>final book he will emerge as a 'good guy'.  In the conversation
>Harry overheard between Snape and Dumbledore it seemed as if
>Snape had told Dumbledore that he had really made the unbreakable
>promise, but that would mean that Dumbledore wanted Draco to
>believe that Dumbledore had really been deceived and also, that
>Dumbledore wanted to be killed.  Does that make sense?
>

wynnleaf
I think you probably didn't intend to write that exactly that way.  In HBP, 
Harry never overheard a conversation between Dumbledore and Snape about 
unbreakable vows.

However, when Harry talked to Dumbledore after Christmas, it did seem like 
Dumbledore already knew about the Unbreakable Vow.  If that's true, then 
Snape must have told him.

When Harry overheard the conversation between Snape and Draco, Snape told 
Draco he'd made an Unbreakable Vow.  But he did not in any way indicate that 
Dumbledore knew of it -- or indeed that Dumbledore knew anything about 
Draco's attempts on his life.  However, we learn later that Dumbledore did 
in fact know.

Therefore, it *seems* that Snape wanted to keep Draco unaware of 
Dumbledore's knowledge of the situation.  Because Draco would think that 
Dumbledore was totally deceived, and because Snape was sort of encouraging 
him to continue (not really "encouraging," but at least offering help), 
Draco would continue on in his attempts to kill Dumbledore.   If Snape 
really wanted Draco to succeed, or at least Draco's mission to kill 
Dumbledore to succeed, wouldn't he warn Draco that Dumbledore knew he was 
trying to kill him?  Wouldn't he warn Draco that Dumbledore knew about the 
Unbreakable Vow?

So yes, these aspects of the plot do seem to indicate that Dumbledore and 
Snape worked together to deceive Draco as to the extent of Dumbledore's 
knowledge of his mission, thereby encouraging Draco (somewhat) to continue 
with his plans.

wynnleaf

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