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

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 166065

Zgirnius:
> I have been following the discussion with some interest. Why would 
> the potion in the Cave killing Dumbledore not be a Good Snape 
> scenario you could live with? Surely it would have nothing to do with 
> Snape?
> 
> Or is it the involvement of Harry that you would then find 
> unaccaptable? He did not know what the potion did, for sure. He 
> believed Dumbledore. Dumbledore himself did not know (he says, and I 
> believe him, except when I am admiring Pippin's cool idea that Snape 
> made the potion.)

Pippin:
Huh? Where does Dumbledore say he didn't know what the potion
would do? He frowns slightly at the emerald liquid "evidently thinking
hard." Then he says, "Undoubtedly[...]this potion must act in a way
that will prevent me from taking the horcrux. It might paralyze me,
cause me to forget what I am here fore, create so much pain I am
distracted, or render me incapable in some other way." 

It might be that he's  only guessing, but is he?
The potion did appear to do just those things, although not in the
order Dumbledore mentions them. 

 
> Sherry:
> 
> It is the involvement of Harry.  Because he would feel it was his fault
> Dumbledore died, and I don't think he could live with that or ever come to
> terms with it.  The guilt would haunt him to the end of his life.  He's 17,
> he doesn't need a burden like that.  Besides, he's the hero.  He's an
> innocent boy, stuck with a miserable destiny to kill an evil being,
> something he didn't sign up for.  I think he has enough burdens to bear.  I
> don't think Harry should be one who kills, even accidentally. 


Pippin:
Friends die, sometimes friends that might not have died if we'd
done things differently.  I don't know of any way to avoid that except
not having friends at all. 


Harry's already decided that he can't go to pieces when his friends die.
I don't know where he's going to find the strength once he realizes that
pushing his guilt  onto Snape isn't going to work, but I think JKR does.
(Assuming DDM!Snape, that is.)

Harry saw that Dumbledore had to accept that he was helpless to
save his friends Nicholas and Perenelle.  He knows that Dumbledore 
did not blame anyone for that, even though if it weren't for Harry,
the Stone might have remained hidden in the Mirror. But if
giving up on the Flamels was murder, then Dumbledore was a  
murderer twice over.

Pippin