Snape's Psycology: WAS: More thoughts on the Elder Wand subplot - Owner?

[nikkalmati]

No: HPFGUIDX 187890



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "zgirnius" <zgirnius at ...> wrote:
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>> > Nikkalmati:
> > I do think he feels compassion for Narcissa and maybe taking the vow helped her to sleep easy, but that is not enough reason to risk an untimely death.  Afterall, the vow could be broken accidentally and at any time.  It could have seriously disrupted DD's plan, if SS died first. 
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> Zara:
> While this is quite possibly true, have we any evidence that Snape knew this at the time he made the decision, in "Spinner's End"? That scene of HBP occured shortly after the DH scene in "The Prince's Tale" in which Snape contains the damage done to Albus by the Ring Horcrux's curse. In that conversation, the only plan Albus confides to Severus concerns Draco - to handle Voldemort's plan for Draco by having Snape do it instead.

 Nikkalmati

I assume the characteristics of the UV were generally known in the Wizarding world.  As for DD's plan, I don't mean SS knew DD planned to have him kill DD, but SS knew DD was relying on him to keep the spell on DD at bay, to spy on LV, to protect Draco etc. - all of which would have been impossible to achieve if SS had failed in some way.  For example, if SS had not been close by and saved Draco's life when HP hit him with Secumsempra, SS (presumably) would have died. 

Nikkalmati
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> > Nikkalmati:
> > I also agree that if LV found out, he would have been angry and not at all convinced that SS was a loyal Death Eater.  I finally decided that SS took the vow because he hoped it would convince Draco to trust him and confide in him. 
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> Zara:
> This also makes sense as a reason. And fits in with that same DH conversation, in which Albus asks him to do precisely this. WE also see Snape try to convince Draco to confide in him in HBP (the conversation Harry overhears during Sluggie's party). 
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> > Nikkalmati:
> > Wouldn't that have worked out nicely for SS and DD? The unfortunate fact is that Bella convinced Draco not to trust SS and the purpose of the vow went unfulfilled.
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> Zara:
> I'm not sure what you mean here. Whay possibilities do you see for how it could have worked out differently?


Nikkalmati

I was thinking that if Draco had asked for help in fixing the cabinet, SS and DD could have prevented the plan from being carried out (by jinxing the cabinet at Borgin and Burke's or undoing whatever Draco did) or they could have been lying in wait when the DE's were admitted to the castle, and have prevented the whole scene on the Astronomy Tower.  SS might have been able to work on Draco to give himself up and ask protection or they could have led Draco to kill DD at the right time, while SS actually did the killing from the shadows (The Man who Shot Liberty Valence anyone?). Lots of possibilities if SS and DD know what Draco is doing.

Nikkalmati