Snape and Dumbledore on the Tower: A Defense of Snape

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 165268

"justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

> There is no saving Dumbledore, who would
> have been killed by the Death Eaters if
> Snape or the poison (or Draco under coercion)
> hadn't killed him.

But of course if Snape hadn't taken that vow he could have turned his
wand onto the Death Eaters instead of Dumbledore. It all goes back to
that vow. Your central problem is explaining why a good Snape would
make that crazy vow; and whatever the explanation you come up with it
needs to be HUGE to justify such bizarre behavior. Saying it's good PR
and might help Snape advance in the Voldemort organization in the
coming years just doesn't cut it, and Snape being dazzled by
Bellatrix's beauty is even worse. The best I've seen is the Dumbledore
is a Horcrux theory, but even it has holes in it that need to be filled. 

And then there is the revulsion and hatred etched into the harsh lines
of Snape's face as he murdered Dumbledore, that's a real problem too;
it just doesn't sound like a good Snape to me. These obstacles may not
be insurmountable but if JRR wants a good Snape she's going to have to
work at it. 

And I don't quite get your point about Avada Kedavra; I don't much
care if Snape killed him with it or in some other way, the point is he
killed him. 

Eggplant