ChapDisc: HBP30, The White Tomb - What if...???

[Carla (Ball) McCulley]

No: HPFGUIDX 165864

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
>
> ---  "justcarol67" <justcarol67@> wrote:
> >...
> > Carol responds:
> >
> > ... If she (Hermione) really thinks about Snape and
> > what she's seen him do ..., she may realize that
> > killing Dumbledore is out of character for him. ...
> > And if Harry describes that Avada Kedavra on the tower
> > --Dumbledore's body going over the battlements instead
> > of falling backward instantly dead), she may start
> > wondering what's going on, especially if she decides to
> > talk things over with Lupin,  ... Of course, Snape *did*
> > say the words "Avada Kedavra," but that doesn't make
> > Harry's account accurate in all other respects. It's
> > colored by his emotions and preconceptions. And Lupin,
> > like Hermione, knows about the UV to protect Draco.
> > Surely, one of them will mention that and try to
> > figure out where and how it fits the picture. That and
> > the exchanged look between Snape and Dumbledore. Lupin
> > will know whether it's possible to communicate that way.
> > ...
>
>
> bboyminn:
>
> > Let me diverge a moment to talk about spells and curses
> as it is at the heart of my theory. Note, as Carol
> points out, something isn't quite right with the
> reaction to Snape's Killing Curse on the top of the
> tower. Dumbledore should, alledgedly, have just quietly
> fallen over dead, not been blasted over the battlements.
>

I see where this is going and it is an excellent point by both of
you.  It's entirely possible that Snape spoke the AK without the
intent behind it, or simply misdirected it, or DD could have already
been dead.  That would explain DD going over the side of the tower,
in affect, allowing himself to die (I think the potion was already
killing him) without Snape having to bear the burden of being a
murderer.  I like that idea.

The only clear example of the AK we have (that I can remember) is
Cedric.  He did just drop over dead, no explosions or openly
destructive side affects.  My question is, does that mean the AK
always occurs that way?  At Godric Hollow, the house was left in
rubble.  Was that due to the AK or was it because of the curse
against Harry rebounded on Voldemort?  If it was the rebounding curse, then that more than supports Carol's and bboyminn's theory which I find really interesting.  If the AK always results in instantaneous death, without all the other surrounding destruction, this could lead to the way that Harry will find out that Snape was really on DD's side and it was all a plan.

I hope I explained that clearly and my questions was understandable.

Thanks.
Carla