The Pig to be Slaughtered (wrong! -- or is it?)

[chuck.han]

No: HPFGUIDX 173236

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <rdoliver30 at ...> wrote:
>...
> In short, given what we know of the plan, there just doesn't seem to 
> be any realistic way for Snape to survive once he had killed DD.

Just as, as has been suggested in this thread, Dumbledore never
intended Harry to be slaughtered (he of course needed to convince
Snape that he did--otherwise, Snape could not have convincingly
conveyed the information that Harry needed to sacrifice himself), I
won't believe that Dumbledore wanted Snape to be slaughtered like a pig:

Dumbledore knew that there was a possibility that Voldemort would go
after the Elder Wand, and that Voldemort would think that Snape was
its last master.  However, if Voldemort were thinking clearly, he
would have realized that the Elder Wand could be passed without
killing the previous owner.  If he thinks that the progression is
Gregorovich/Grindlewald/Dumbledore/Snape, then he should have realized
this fact since Gregorovich and Grindlewald were still alive.  Of
course, Voldemort eschews logic and feels someone has to pay for his
inability to master the Elder Wand.

If Harry defeated Snape before Voldemort got to the Elder Wand, I'm
sure Harry would not have killed Snape.  Note that it is at that point
that Snape would reveal to Harry his need to sacrifice himself to
destroy the bit of Voldemort's sole inside of him.  Once Harry
defeated Snape, then Voldemort would think that Harry was the master
of the Elder Wand, so Snape would be safe.

So either way, I don't think Snape was doomed after killing
Dumbledore, regardless of whether Snape's action made him master of
the Elder Wand.

Chuck Han