Harry Potter is stealing my soul

Jul 18, 2007 10:40

"Rowling, author of the sensationally popular series, has said two major characters will die but has begged the public not to give away the ending to her seventh and final Potter book."

Snape and Hagrid, I'm calling it right now.

GOD I'm so excited for this book! Srsly, I'm not coming out of my room all weekend >_And because I know that many of ( Read more... )

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gogo123 July 18 2007, 23:08:56 UTC
Dude, Snape is absolutely good. There is NO doubt in my mind about it. I say this because JKR is so very, very, very good about weaving hints into her stories that will foreshadow later events/revelations. To prove my point, I will use the tried and true HBP argument.

Quote from page 571 of Half-Blood Prince, during the scene where Harry is forcing Dumbledore (under Dumbledore's orders) to drink the potion in the basin that is slowly killing him:
"'You...you can't stop, Professor,' said Harry. 'You've got to keep drinking. Here...'
Hating himself, *repulsed* by what he was doing, Harry forced the goblet back toward Dumbledore's mouth and tipped it, so that Dumbledore drank the remainder of the potion inside."

Keep in mind that the preceeding this event, Dumbledore is almost uncharacteristically stern and harsh in making sure that Harry will stick to his oath (that no matter what happens, he will do whatever Dumbledore tells him to, and later (and more specifically) once in the cave, that he WILL force Dumbledore to continue to drink the potion, even if that might mean watching Dumbledore die right in front of him).

Compare the above scene with Harry and Dumbledore to the scene that follows a few pages later (pg 595-596) in the chapter "The Lightning Struck Tower". This is the scene where Harry is immobilized under the invisibilty cloak, and an already critically weakened/dying Dumbledore is being threatened with death at wandpoint by Draco and some other Death Eaters. Snape has JUST entered the tower, and the death eaters are giving him the sum up of the situation, when...

"But somebody else had spoken Snape's name, quite softly.
'Severus...'
The sound frightened Harry beyond anything he had experienced all
evening. For the first time, Dumbledore was pleading.
Snape said nothing, but walked forward and pushed Malfoy roughly out of the way. The three Death Eaters fell back without a word. Even the werewolf seemed cowed.
Snape gazed for a moment at Dumbledore, and these was *revulsion and hatred* etched in the harsh lines of his face.
'Severus...please...'
Snape raised his wand and pointed it directly at Dumbledore.
'Avada Kedavra!'"

If there is one thing that can be said of JKR, it is that she doesn't choose wording lightly. Most everything is chosen very carefully and for good reason. There really aren't such things as "coincidences" in these books. Also now, take into consideration the fact that earlier in the book (pg 405-406), Harry is informed of an encounted overheard by Hagrid between Snape and Dumbledore.

"'...but it was a - well, a heated discussion an' it wasn't easy ter block it out.'
'Well?' Harry urged him, as Hagrid shuffled his enormous feet uneasily.
'Well - I jus' heard Snape sayin' Dumbledore took too much for granted an' maybe he - Snape - didn' wan' ter do it anymore -"
'Do what?'
'I dunno, Harry, it sounded like Snape was feelin' a bit overworked, tha's all - anyway, Dumbledore told him flat out he'd agreed ter do it an' that was all there was to it. Pretty firm with him.'"

Just as he had been with Harry, Dumbledore was uncharacteristically harsh with Snape in demanding that Snape do what he had agreed to do. Firm enough that Hagrid made an observation about this level of harshness. Like I said before, there are no such things as coincidences in these books. I strongly believe that this shows us that when Snape killed Dumbledore, he was working under Dumbledore's orders. JK has practically beaten it into our heads that Dumbledore was the most BRILLIANT wizard...well, pretty much ever lol. I mean, the guy was brilliant enough to figure out not only that Voldemort had made Horcruxes, but what those Horcruxes were. And he did this using only a small few, VERY patchy memories. It would not be hard to believe that Dumbledore also had the foresight to see his own inevitable and very necessary demise in order to save not only Harry, but Draco as well. And it has also been proven (from the first scene I cited) that Dumbledore would have no problem forcing someone to kill him if it was for the greater good.

contd in next post lol

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