I Had a Dream or HowI Realized That I May Have Been Wrong.

[Steve]

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---  "dumbledore11214" <dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
>
> Strangest thing happened to me few days ago. ...
> 
> I dreamt about the Tower, lol. And I heard in my 
> dream Dumbledore pleading with Snape and it finally
> hit on me (DUH, Alla) that Dumbledore indeed does not
> show surprise before he pleads with Snape. 
>
> Therefore he indeed must have plead with Snape to do
> something that he asked him to do before.
> 
> This is a sad day for me, people. I have to go and
> absorb the Dumbledore who could ask Snape to do that.
> Bye.
> 
> Alla, shrieking in the Shack.
>

bboyminn:

I realize that this was just a revelation in a dream,
but I've alway had a problem with the admittedly 
popular idea that Dumbledore /planned/ for Snape to 
kill him. 

But before I go on let me note that your 
revelation that Dumbledore showed no surprise IS
very likely significant to interpreting the events.
That is something I never thought of before, so you
have certainly brought new evidence to light.

But I simply can't accept any idea that says Snape
and Dumbledore had a cold hard brutal calculated
plan for what to do in such a situation. I think
far more likely, they had set their long term 
objectives and priorities. Snape knew, /in general/,
that he would be forced to make a terrible choice
if circumstances ever worked against him as they 
certainly did on the top of the tower. 

There wasn't an clear and immediate plan for that
specific event, but there were guidelines that said,
the success of long term objectives outweigh /anyone's/
life in the moment. When Snape and Dumbledore's eyes
met there on the top of the tower, Snape knew he was
face with setting his priorities, 'do I attempt to save
the moment, and risk losing everything and everyone, or
do I lose the moment, and live to fight again another 
day, and in doing so, preserve my position and preserve
the best potential weapon against Voldemort?'. 

I think Snape chose, from the perspective of the good
guys, to lose the moment. To lose a tremendous asset,
yet to preserve more valuable long term assets. Long 
term assets like himself and Harry, that had a greater
potential to produce positive results down the road.

I simply can't see a direct conscious plan for what
happened on the tower, but I can see a more general
all-encompassing plan and strategy that lead Snape
to make the terrible choice he made in that moment.

Oddly, in the moment Snape killed Dumbledore, I became
more convinced than ever that he was indeed Dumbledore's
man; counter-intuitive, I know. 

Lastly, I'm absolutely convinced that Harry doesn't have
a chance without Snape's help, and Snape somehow 
convincing Harry to accept his help is going to be a big
part of the plot of book 7. I can't imagine /how/ but
none the less, I am absolutely convinced it must be
done.

Sorry to ramble on.

Steve/bboyminn