[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape and Dumbledore on the Tower: A Defense of Snape

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 165270

>
> "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.
>
> Eggplant:




> 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.


montims:
He had no choice IMO - he couldn't have "turned his wand onto the Death
Eaters" AND remained in LV's camp, which is where he presumably has to be if
he is to be of any help to Harry and/or the Order...  Which makes him good.
And if he is good, how many DEs could he have attacked before being killed
himself?  However, if he is bad, he would have no reason to turn his wand
onto the Death Eaters instead of DD...

As it stands, LV and the DEs should have no doubts at all that he is LV's
through and through.  (Whether he is or not...)


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