Comparing Secret Keeper plan and UV plan (Re: Why DD did not ask

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 166264

zgirnius:
The situation on the Tower was the result of the choices several 
people made, Draco and Dumbledore along with Snape. Snape shares 
responsibility for creating it to the extent that the Vow limited his 
ability to effectively aid Dumbledore (I agree that an attempt by 
Snape to rescue DD would have been futile, achieving only Snape's 
death by UV), but this would not have been relevant if Draco had not 
chosen to introduce Death Eaters into the school, or if Dumbledore 
had not chosen to ignore Harry's warning of Draco's success ("...Age 
is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth....", "The 
Cave").



Julie:
Or if Dumbledore hadn't deliberately drank the poison from the
cave, knowing it would be if not fatal certainly debilitating
to his ability to defend himself. Yes, I know one can say he
wasn't expecting the DEs to show up that very night, but the
timing is still a bit suspicious to me, as is the fact that
the horcrux turned out to be a fake. 
 
Might we also blame Fawkes, who didn't even bother to show up
to protect/save Dumbledore? Not that I believe this, because
if Fawkes could have saved Dumbledore he would have been there. 
Clearly he couldn't, whether he understood that or Dumbledore
somehow communicated that to him. The absence of Fawkes is 
in fact one of the strongest reasons for my belief that 
Dumbledore's fate was sealed on the Tower. If Fawkes couldn't
save him at that point, then nobody could (Snape included).
 
Julie 
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