[HPforGrownups] Re: Thoughts Regarding Snape

[Kim]

No: HPFGUIDX 171155

LLL>Allie:

>First off, props to you, Julie, for a thought->provoking post.  I've
>>been participating in debates over Snape's >>loyalties on several forums
>since the day after the HBP release, and to be >honest, I'd never given
the "Dumbledore asked Snape to deal the final blow" theory the time of
day up until this point.  Your logic seems to hold together well, and
it does indeed present a plausible version of events leading up to
Dumbledore's death.  However (of course there always has to be a
"however" where Snape is concerned), there's still one point that
gives me pause: how could Dumbledore have expected Harry to accept
help from Snape in the future after witnessing what he witnessed at
the Astronomy Tower?
>>>>>>

Kim:
I've been lurking here for a long time, but until now I've never had the 
nerve to post.  However, I do have some thoughts about this question.

 I do not think that Dumbledore expected Harry to witness his death at 
Snape's hands.  After drinking the poison, Dumbledore tells Harry repeatedly 
to take him to see Snape, even though Harry wants to take him to Madame 
Pomfrey.  I think Dumbledore wanted to get Harry and Snape together, before 
he died from the poison,  in order to work things out between the pair.  I 
do not think there was enough time for even Snape to make an antidote for 
the poison, especially since there was no sample of it.   So, this seems 
like the most logical thing to me.   I don't think Dumbledore had a clue 
that Draco was going to let anyone into the castle that night.  After all, 
the boy's other attempts were all failures.  I think the invasion was a 
surprise to everyone and it forced Dumbledore and Snape to carry out a plan 
sooner than they expected or put one in action that they had hoped to avoid. 
altogether.

Kim
(Who will now go back to hiding.:)