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Thor_Doomhammer · 5th April 2007, 08:49 PM

I think we cannot rule out the possibility that Dumbledore wanted Snape to kill him and that when Dumbledore looks at Snape in HBP and says, "Severus...please..." he was trying to convince Snape to go ahead with some previously concocted plan in which Snape would kill Dumbledore in order to gain favor with Voldemort. Think about it- Snape kills Dumbledore, and he becomes Voldemort's right hand man. Then, when Harry goes in for the final fight with Voldemort, then Snape is in a perfect position to help Harry when he needs Snape most, even if Harry must do the final killing. It never says in the prophesy that Harry has to face Voldemort alone, it simply says that if anyone will kill Voldemort it will be Harry. Snape could distract Voldemort at a crucial point- at which point Harry delivers the final blow to the distracted Dark Lord.

Also- In GoF Moody tells Harry and the class that in order for a person to use the Avada Kedavra spell it takes great determination. This could explain Snape's hestitation to kill Dumbledore- he had to be absolutely sure that it was what he wanted or the spell might not work and he could potentially blow his cover as a Death Eater.

5th April 2007, 08:49 PM	#17 (permalink)
Thor_Doomhammer God of Thunder Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 84	Re: Theory on Book 6's ending and what we might see in Book 7 I think we cannot rule out the possibility that Dumbledore wanted Snape to kill him and that when Dumbledore looks at Snape in HBP and says, "Severus...please..." he was trying to convince Snape to go ahead with some previously concocted plan in which Snape would kill Dumbledore in order to gain favor with Voldemort. Think about it- Snape kills Dumbledore, and he becomes Voldemort's right hand man. Then, when Harry goes in for the final fight with Voldemort, then Snape is in a perfect position to help Harry when he needs Snape most, even if Harry must do the final killing. It never says in the prophesy that Harry has to face Voldemort alone, it simply says that if anyone will kill Voldemort it will be Harry. Snape could distract Voldemort at a crucial point- at which point Harry delivers the final blow to the distracted Dark Lord. Also- In GoF Moody tells Harry and the class that in order for a person to use the Avada Kedavra spell it takes great determination. This could explain Snape's hestitation to kill Dumbledore- he had to be absolutely sure that it was what he wanted or the spell might not work and he could potentially blow his cover as a Death Eater.