[HPforGrownups] Re: Dumbledore as a judge of character (Was:Why DD did not ask Snape to kill him

[Ronin_47]

No: HPFGUIDX 166022

--Bart Wrote--
>>>Once again, there is at least one valid reason for Dumbledore to give
Snape an order to kill him: If, no matter what Snape did, Dumbledore was
about to die anyway. 

There was an elaborate version of this at the end of the TV series, ANGEL.
An internal plot caused one of the core characters to die (her body was
possessed, so the actress kept her job). Angel figures out how to make her
death count, by pretending that he was behind it. This got him into the
inner circle of baddies, which gives him the opportunity to get the
intelligence needed to destroy it. 

If Dumbledore was going to die, possibly within minutes, anyway, having
Snape kill him allowed his death to have meaning. Otherwise, he sacrificed
his life for a fake horcrux.
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--Ronin's Comments--
This is almost exactly my line of thought on the matter. Especially when I
consider Dumbledore's little comments in OotP and HBP about some things
being far worse than death and how Harry's blood is worth more and how he's
a tired old man, etc. It was as if he was saying that he's done all he can
and as a final act he was going to sacrifice himself because he was less
valuable than others might be.
The other thing to factor in is that, his order may have seemed horrible,
but he was going to be killed by someone. Better the one he trusted than to
be ripped to shreds by Fenrir Greyback, not to mention the two innocents who
might have been endangered if something wasn't done with a sense of urgency.
These are just my thoughts and I know some will probably be appalled by my
opinions for some reason, but they are just that. Opinions.
 
Cheers,
Ronin
PS- I loved Fred and really miss her and the show. Shame it's over, but all
good things must come to an end I suppose. At least they went out with a
bang.


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