Snape and Dumbledore on the Tower: A Defense of Snape

[bercygirl2]

No: HPFGUIDX 165304

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...>
wrote:
>
> Carol earlier:
> > > 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 responded:
> > 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.

I explained in a previous post (# 161643) why I'm convinced that Snape
did NOT make the Vow. If he is left-handed, and the Vow must be made
with the wand hand, then it was never made at all.

Harry did not notice what hand Snape used when he performed the Avada
keKedavra on the tower. What if Snape didn't use his wand to do it?
What if Dumbledore had already died at that point? Snape could have
said "Avada Kedavra" while pointing his wand at Dumbledore with his
right hand, and levitated him off the tower with a non verbal spell.

bercygirl2