The Green Goo Again, and a new(!) view of the Tower (long)

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 165791

Celia:
> Here's where I see the UV coming into play, rather than being 
lessened. Snape kills DD and fulfills the vow without even meaning 
to, which to me seems like the appropriate result of an Unbreakable 
Vow- it has a will of it's own and get itself fulfilled in a way the 
person taking it cannot necessarily imagine. DD drinking Snape's 
green potion from years past would certainly be a nasty surprise way 
for the UV to fulfill itself.

Ceridwen:
I'm starting to like this idea, since this part of it works well with 
my idea that the Unbreakable Vow is Unbreakable.  In post 161684, I 
wrote:
"I think that the name says what it does. It's Unbreakable. You 
cannot break your promise and must go through with it: you are 
compelled by the Vow itself."

And in a response post 165690 I said:
"Tangent: Watching over and protecting Draco, and helping him, 
doesn't necessarily mean what Narcissa thinks it means. That's a 
problem with all this mystical stuff. You can pray for a promotion at 
work, meaning no harm to anyone, only good things. Maybe retirement, 
or even promotions all around. You do get the promotion, but because 
the person who held that position unexpectedly died. This wasn't your 
intention at all, but it's the way your prayer was fulfilled."

Sure, I was talking about Narcissa's designs for the UV.  If Snape 
was trying to figure out how to get around her intent and do things 
in an alternative interpretation of her words, then he got a nasty 
surprise as well.

Celia:
> I agree, and as I said, I think this theory actually strengthens 
the power of the UV. Draco is failing to kill DD throughout the book, 
and finally the vow has had enough and leads DD to a bowl of Snape's 
poison potion. That UV is powerful magic.

Ceridwen:
Yes.  The Vow shows itself to be very magically powerful from the 
beginning, with the elaborate ceremony and the snakes of fire binding 
Snape and Narcissa.  I can certainly see the UV as "having a mind of 
its own" and creating its own destiny, like some Force of the 
Universe.  I believe the UV is called "Unbreakable" because it's 
Unbreakable - and it could very well be that it's the magic of the 
Vow itself that makes it Unbreakable.

Ceridwen.