[the_old_crowd] Re: Various very spoilerish responses and a further question

[susiequsie23]

Phyllis:
But, sadly, no.  By hurling an AK at a defenseless and wandless 
Dumbledore, Snape is indeed every bit the coward Harry calls him.  
And, IMO, Snape didn't kill Dumbledore to thwart a Potion!Horcrux - 
Snape had no idea Dumbledore had drunk the potion (only Harry and 
Dumbledore knew that at the time).  


SSSusan:
I guess my take was a little different.  YES, DD was defenseless & wandless, but I took that to be DD *pleading* with Snape *TO* kill him.  He was dying anyway and he wanted to prevent Draco from committing a murder and, thus (DD hoped), keep Draco's future from being decided in that moment.  

I think DD looked at Snape, knowing that Snape could look right into his mind and understand his intentions, and that Snape would do what he'd done ever since coming back to DD:  follow DD's instructions.

The look of revulsion on Snape's face?  It came, imo, from DD's request "forcing" him to return to something he thought/hoped he'd left behind years before:  AKing someone.

Now, I loved the glimpses this book gave us of young!Snape.  Sirius was right -- he was up to his eyeballs in the Dark Arts.  He was a talented, bright, creative wizard, but he WAS a nasty bastard.  Still, I do believe that end-of-HBP Snape was doing what DD *wanted* him to do.  It wasn't a cold-blooded murder designed to help Voldy, imo, but Snape complying with DD's wishes.

Siriusly Snapey Susan


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