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[quigonginger]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Adan" <adanabbett at y...> wrote:
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Adan wrote: 
> It's going to take my deepest PR memories to figure out a spin for 
> Snape now.  It may take awhile.  I don't think "deny, deny, deny" 
is 
> going to work in this case.  I'm pretty sure that it will have to 
> include that Dumbledore's statements to Draco that he knew of the 
> plan all along will show he was sacrificing himself, but right now 
> that's just too lame.

Ginger:

Add DD's conversation with Draco indicating that DD knew the plan, 
and his overheard arguement with Snape in ch. 19, and we may have 
grounds for a DD sacrifice.

Overheard:  1)DD took too much for granted.
2)Snape didn't want to do it anyway.
3)DD reminded Snape he'd agreed to do it.  

The last one got me.  What has Snape agreed to do the DD would be so 
firm about that is too much for him?  Teaching DADA?  Not hardly.  
Spying on LV?  Nope, he's got that in hand.  No matter which side 
he's really on, he seems to have their side, including Bella, 
convinced.

So unless there's the dreaded "something we don't know about yet", 
I'm thinking that killing DD is the thing Snape is really dead set 
against doing.  When DD's protrait hung on the office wall, I was 
convinced that it was real and stopped hoping for a plot twist.  I 
only hope now that his portrait wakes up and has many interesting 
conversations with MM.  Perhaps she'll order Harry to return the next 
year.  Being able to talk to the portrait and hear more info would 
entice him.

When the phoenix flew "joyfully into the blue", I had hopes of a DD 
reincarnation, but that may just have been Harry's imagination (he 
thought he saw it).  

Interesting:  Snape keeps Draco from becoming a murderer, and 
prevents Harry from using Crucio twice.  Why?  Is he still on the 
side of good and trying to keep Harry from using an unforgivable?  Or 
has he had a bad day and really doesn't feel like adding a bit of 
torture to it?

Oh, yes, Snape fodder abounds.  One thing is for sure- no matter 
which side he's on, he's playing the part to the hilt.

Continuing with read #2,
Ginger, slightly disgruntled the her Remus/Bill ship is sunk, but 
only slightly.