Why DD did not ask Snape to kill him. (extremely long)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 166318

Charles wrote:
> > JKR at that thing where she was with Stephen King and another 
author reading a small part of one of their books, stated in ? from
Salman Rushde and son that you should read the end of HBP straight,
(no hidden meanings) that what it says happened happened, Snape's bad
and he killed DD for what ever reason, but it wasn't part of the plan
by DD... Snape, at that point or through the whole story, was or is on
the side of El Voldemort.
> >
> 
> colebiancardi:
> 
> I don't believe that is what she said.  This is from the transcript
of said question & answer:
> 
> Rushdie: Until the events of volume six, it was always made plain
that Snape might be an unlikable fellow [JK: uh huh], but he was
essentially one of the good guys [JK: uh-huh] [audience: 'yes!' and
cheers]. [JK: I can see this is the question you all really want
answered.] Dumbledore himself had always vouched for him [JK: yes].
Now we are suddenly told that Snape is in fact a villain and
Dumbledore's killer [JK: uh-huh]. We cannot, or don't, want to believe
this [JK laughs]. Our theory is that Snape is in fact still a good guy
[JK: right], from which it follows that Dumbledore can't really be
dead, and that the death is a ruse, cooked up between Dumbledore and
Snape, to put Voldemort off his guard, so that when Harry and
Voldemort come face-to-face [audience and JK laughs], Harry might have
more allies than he or Voldemort suspects. So: is Snape good or bad?
[JK laughs and audience cheers] In our opinion, everything follows
from it.
> 
> Rowling: Well, Salman... your opinion, I would say, is right. But I
see that I need to be a little more explicit... and say that
Dumbledore is definitely dead. And I do know there's an entire website
that's name is DumbledoreIsNotDead.com, so I imagine they're not happy
right now. But I think I need.... You need... All of you need to move
through the five stages of grief [audience and JK laughs] and I'm just
helping you get past denial. So, I can't remember what's next, it may
be anger, so I think we should stop it here. Thank you.
><snip>

Carol notes:
So, in fact, all that JKR really said is that Dumbledore is in fact
dead and that Rushdie's opinion is correct. Rushie's opinion is, and I
quote, "Everything follows from that," i.e., from the question, "Is
Snape good or bad?" And JKR, at this point in the series, is not about
to answer that question.

Carol, who thinks that if we had all the answers now, particularly
about Snape, there would be no point in reading the final book of the
series