Harry's Secret Brother,


That's a really good theory! Really good! One of the better explanations of the "Severus please" line that I've heard.

But . . .

If Dumbledore was realizing at that moment that he had misplaced his trust in Snape then how does the Snape/Dumbledore conversation that Hagrid overheard fit into your theory? If I remember correctly, Snape was telling Dumbledore that he didn't want to do "IT" anymore or he had changed his mind or something of that sort, and Dumbledore told him that he had promised and he would do it and that was that. Basically anyways (definitely not verbatim).


Anyway, I am interested to hear how this fits into your theory. As I have said before, I LOVE to debate so please don't take my last sentence as sarcasm! I am wide open to anyone's interpretation of HP.



Psyduck,

I tend to think like you do, that Dumbledore would not beg for his life like that! But, Harry does put a lot of stock into Dumbledore being the "Greatest Wizard of All Times" and JK could be showing Harry that even the "Greatest Wizard of All Times" has a weakness, and Harry does already suspect that Dumbledore trusts when he shouldn't.

But . . .


I think that Harry learned to trust Dumbledore's opinion of people more after he found out that Dumbledore never really trusted Tom Riddle and always kept an eye on him. I also think as I think you do, that JK would not let such an intregal strong character go out with a poof and not a BANG!

But, my reasoning is a little different I think because my opinion is that Dumbledore is dead but that the "Severus please" plead was Dumbledore pretty much begging Snape to go ahead with the plan because Malfoy was in danger if Snape didn't do it.

But then again, the overheard conversation that Hagrid told Harry about could be something along the lines of Dumbledore telling Snape to either prepare a special potion to stop death or some sort of charm to help when Malfoy came to kill Dumbledore, and when the end came Dumbledore was begging Snape to stick to the prearranged sequeince of events but Snape killed him instead. I really don't think this is the correct theory but it could happen. It still leaves Dumbledore begging for his life though and I just don't think that's a viable option.

This did make me think about another possible side to this plot. It could be revealed that Dumbledore orchestrated his own death for the greater good. This is something that Harry needed to experience and understand because I think that Harry will be faced with this same choice in the end. Ever the teacher, Dumbledore killed 2 birds with one stone. Protected Malfoy and showed Harry what sacrifice is.

I don't know, what do you think?