Was Snape asleep? (was Re: What Came First: Task or Cabinet?...

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 157810

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sydney" <sydpad at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> > Julie:
> >  But was Snape asleep, and did Dumbledore really expect him to  be
> > asleep? <snip?
> 
> 
> > 2. Dumbledore expected Snape to be asleep because he had 
> > put some sort of sleeping spell on Snape purposely, perhaps to
> > keep Snape from knowing about or protesting the dangerous 
> > cave expedition. 
> 
> 
> Sydney:
> 
> Ooooh, see, this is the one I hold.  To me this is part of the whole,
> "UV-- argument in the forest-- Severus, please" plotline.  My theory is:
<big snip> 
> 
> -- D-Day.  Dumbledore wanders down to Snape's office, where Snape is
> still saying, "if you think I'm going to kill you, you're crazy.  I'm
> going to collar that Malfoy brat right now, and then zzzzzzzzzzzzz..."
> Dumbledore puts a mild sleeping spell on him, breakable by anyone
> entering the room, so he can have him when he needs him.
> 
> -- S**t hits fan.  Dumbledore tells Harry to go wake Snape, but
> there's no time.  Fortunately, Flitwick does it.
> 
> -- Snape bolts himself up to the Tower like a bat out of hell. 
> Situation normal, all f'd up.  He can still just break the Vow but..
> 
> -- "Severus... please..." Dumbledore says immediately on Snape
> entering the scene.  They both know there's only one option now.
> 
> -- Avada Kedavra!
> 
 

colebiancardi here:  I would think that putting a spell on Snape would
defeat the whole purpose of Dumbledore's statement of "I trust Severus
Snape completely".    Snape in the past, has argued with DD, but
always, from what we have been told, been loyal and done what DD has
wanted.   For DD to do a sneaky thing like that to a GROWN man, not a
child, a man who is risking his life being a double agent, is not
trust.  I also think much more highly of Snape & Dumbledore's
relationship and their ability to CHOOSE - Dumbledore, as far as we
have seen in the books, has never forced anyone thru magic to do his
bidding.

colebiancardi.