HBP:First Impressions

[bluesqueak]

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> Pippin wrote:
> Did somebody ask for pro-Snape spin? That's easy. Didn't you
> hear Hermione tell Harry there are poisons that have no antidotes?
> I'd guess that applies to the stuff guarding the horklump. *
> 
> Think about it--if Voldemort's theory of immortality was wrong,
> then the horklump was useless and he would have no need to 
> recover it.
> 
Pippin, could I use your post? And possibly you as a witness? I'm on 
the defense team in the Accio Snape Trial, and after joking that 
Book Six would contain a 'smoking wand' Snape event, now find that I 
was right...

Yeah, I think the orders Snape was arguing over were 'kill me rather 
than break cover'. Is Snape's mission finding the location of 
Voldemort's bits of soul? Or something else that makes it vital he 
*must* be trusted by Voldemort?

The timing of the Unbreakable Vow plus the Snape/DD argument being 
along the lines of 'don't want to do it any more' suggest Snape 
killing DD was always a possibility in the game plan. But Vowing to 
Narcissa might have given Snape an emotional realisation that he 
might really, really have to kill DD. And, to his moral credit, he 
finds he doesn't want to do it. 

Not sure it falls into 'mercy killing', myself. I'd go for 
the 'necessary in the greater plan' argument. 

Did anyone notice that the theories that the Senior Trio of DD, 
McGonagall and Snape mirror Ron, Harry and Hermione recieved a 
boost? DD is a pure blood, mirroring Ron, and Snape is a half-blood, 
mirroring Harry. McGonagall's background isn't yet known, but her 
perfect muggle costume in OOP suggests she might be muggle-born (and 
so knows what to wear) like Hermione. (Minerva is a not-uncommon 
girls' name in Scotland).

HBP was, apart from the shocks, a huge relief. After finding OOP 
very difficult to re-read, I'm finding that I'm *eager* to re-read 
HBP. Yippee!

Pip!Squeak