I HAD A DREAM OR HOW I REALIZED THAT I MAY HAVE BEEN WRONG./ PART 2 sort of

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 167075

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> Jen:  I agree as well.  It's beyond Harry's characterization to
> understand Snape is loyal if he really AK'd Dumbledore (orders
> or no orders).  Harry's learned that an Avada Kedavra is the Killing
> Curse, it was used to murder his parents, that it is considered
> Unforgiveable and that murder is the 'supreme act of evil'.  I could
> follow a gray area reading of Snape's AK, but I don't believe Harry
>is set up to do that.

Weeellllll...  The big problem is that JKR isn't all that great when it
comes to consistency, outlines or no outlines.  An even bigger problem
is that she isn't all that great on consistent characters -- which is
very much a product of the tyranny of her outlines.

It is very clear that JKR settled long ago on an ironclad plot that the
characters are going to follow, will they or nil they, consistency or
not.  If a character has grown and shifted over time, or if the
character's previously stated emotions don't fit the plot, or if
character's revealed traits don't fit the plot -- too bad.  Shoehorned
into the plot they go.

So, I could easily see her doing just precisely this.  Snape reveals
that DD ordered him to do the AK.  Harry then pretty much says "oh, I
don't like you but ok," and that takes care of that.  Or maybe she'll
pull the old memory-from-the-pensieve trick and let DD do the
explaining.  In any case, shoehorn employed, dust hands together, move
along.


Lupinlore