Snape, a Deatheater.

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 164024


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> Nikkalmati
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> It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! It only means he did not deliberately  
promise to kill DD!  That is what I mean; he would not under any  
circumstances have made that promise, if he knew what it was, 
unless he is  not DDM or  unless you accept that DD and Snape 
already planned for Snape to kill  DD.  No 
 other explanation has been given IMHO which explains the UV.

Pippin:
Well..Narcissa wants a promise that Snape will kill Dumbledore if
necessary, but  the vow itself could as easily be interpreted as
Snape swearing that he will die rather than kill Dumbledore. I
don't have any moral problems with that.
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> Nikkalmati
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> I don't see how we could possibly see that moment without 
giving away   Snape's true allegiance and feelings. 

Pippin:
Neither the twitch, the argument in the forest,  nor the anguished 
moment outside Hagrid's hut gives away Snape's true allegiance and 
feelings, yet I am sure that in the end we will know exactly why
Snape reacted as he did. JKR is perfectly capable of writing a
reaction scene without giving away a thing.

She touches on the investigation into the attacks without telling
us whether Snape is helping or hindering it, and in the same
way she could give us a scene where Snape is not clear on
what he's supposed to do -- and we wouldn't know whether
he is fishing for further details  or hearing things for the
first time.

Pippin