Re: hp7 deaths: McGonagall and Hagrid because...


gjw wrote:
On 8 Feb 2007 23:46:55 -0800, nystulc@xxxxxx wrote:

marli_0000@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Draco, certainly, because I don't think
Snape's intervention is going to save him.

You have not much faith in Dumbledore then. He made Draco a
promise (despite having every reason to anticipate his own
impending death). Do you really think it was just blather --
that he had no reason to believe his promise of protection
could be carried out?

When Dumbledore made that promise, there was no one in the tower
except he and Draco (unless you count frozen Harry, of course).
Draco had taken away Dumbledore's wand, and he was helpless.
Had he succeeded in talking Draco into switching sides, I'm sure
he would have then unfrozen Harry and gotten all three of them
out of there in a hurry...

Two problems with this.

First, as far as we know, DD *did* talk Draco into switching sides.
We know Draco would not have killed DD, and logically, switching sides
was his only other hope. He was lowering his wand. He refused to
kill Dumbledore even to save his family. He and his family are now
doomed ... unless DD can keep his promise. And yet, your might-have-
beens failed to come about. You may argue that this is because Draco
did not accept the offer *sooner* (even though DD had yet to make his
offer). But mere acceptance of DD's offer, at the time actually made,
would not have affected the outcome.

Secondly, everything we know about DD's plans was that he intended to
wait on the Tower for Snape to arrive. Even if he left the tower or
not, he still wanted Snape. Even if Draco had accepted, the story
still would have ended with DD dead, and Draco with few other options
than to flee with Snape.

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