Thoughts Regarding Snape

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 171263

Carol
> Needless to say, DD's decision to fly to the Astronomy Tower and await
> the DEs (not to mention his weakened condition and Harry's presence on
> the tower) changed the circumstances drastically from what either
> Snape or DD could have anticipated. (BTW, unlike DDM!Snapers who are
> sure that Snape and DD had a definite plan, I'm still not sure why DD
> chose to fly to the Astronomy Tower, where he must have known he'd
> encounter DES thanks to the Dark Mark set above it.)

Jen: I thought that was rather the point of the entire sequence, that 
Dumbledore flew directly to the Astronomy Tower suspecting he was the 
one intended to die under the Dark Mark that night.  He immediately 
attempted to get rid of Harry on what seemed like a futile errand:  
Harry and Snape weren't likely to make it back before events had played 
out on the tower in one way or another.  


Eddie:
> BTW, where *was* Trelawney during all the fight near her rooms?

Jen: Here's some speculation:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/165257