Harry Potter Conspiracy Theory #3: Snape
October 15, 2005 | Harry Potter
Previously
Snape is an enigma. What is he doing? From the very first book it has been made incredibly clear that two things are true. Firstly Snape hates Harry as much as anyone can hate; and secondly, Dumbledore trusts Snape implicitly. So when, at the end of the sixth book, Snape kills Dumbledore and runs from the chance to do the same thing to Harry everything we thought we knew got flipped on it’s head.
Is Snape Good or Evil?
The question everyone is wondering. Is Snape really evil? After all he did kill Dumbledore, was Dumbledores death an elaborate hoax, or did Snape plot with Dumbledore to make his death a reality.
“I was comin’ outta the forest the other evenin’ an’ I overheard ‘em talking — well, arguin’. … I jus’ heard Snape sayin’ Dumbledore took too much fer granted an’ maybe he — Snape — didn’ wan’ ter do it anymore … Dumbledore told him flat out he’d agreed ter do it an’ that was all there was to it.”
Snape and Dumbledore were planning something…
…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. … Snape gazed for a moment at Dumbledore, and there was revulsion and hatred etched in the harsh lines of his face. “Severus… Please…”
The most common theory, and the one I believe, is that Dumbledore is pleading with Snape to kill him, not to rescue him. He knows that by dying he can save the lives, if only temporarily, of Snape, Malfoy, and Harry; all of whom are bound to have things to do to rid the world of the evil of Voldemort.
Trust
Dumbledore has said time and time again that he trusts Snape, yet everyone thinks the reason for this is explained in Book 6, when we find out that Snape told Dumbledore that he had overheard part of the prophesy. To me this seems like a very weak reason and I feel there must be more to it that that. For all Dumbledore knows Voldemort suggested Snape tell Dumbledore what he knows in order to get someone on the inside. It’s this that is the biggest mystery around Snape, who IS he working with? Is he good or bad?
Half Blood Prince
You’ve read the book, you know Snape is the Half Blood Prince. Does anyone else think the reveal for that was rather weak? It all seemed very rushed at the end with Snape ‘rescuing’ Harry and Malfoy, and telling him who he was. Of course it fits fine and I don’t doubt that Snape is the ‘prince’ but it was a bit of a let down the way it was written. Maybe it will make more sense in future re-reads.
Dumbledore is not Dead
Some of it is a bit far fetched but I agree with a lot of what is said on the Dumbledoreisnotdead.com page about Severus Snape. As I mentioned before I think a lot of the other content on this site is silly, but there is a reasonable amount of believable argument on the Snape page.
Article Series
this post is part of a series of articles - why don't you check out the others below?
- Harry Potter Conspiracy Theory #1: RAB
- Harry Potter Conspiracy Theory #2: Dumbledore
- Harry Potter Conspiracy Theory #3: Snape
- Harry Potter Theories
- Harry Potter Conspiracy Theories #4
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October 17, 2005
Maybe Snape really is the cowardly fellow we thinkhe is after reading book 6. I think I remember Dumbledore once saying something about Voldemort being wrong about death, that crossing over can make you more powerful. (now I’m not sure so I have to reread—and I think I will have time before the 7th book hits shelves) If there is some truth to that maybe he “trusted” Snape because he foresaw his death at his hands.
Whatever it is, I think we’re in for some surprises, shocking or enlightening I’ll be there.
October 17, 2005
It seemed that the only way Harry was able to get a rise out of Snape after Dumbledore’s death was by calling him a coward. This fits with the theory that he was ordered to kill Dumbledore by the man himself. Snape would have been angered by these words because Harry could never understand how hard it was for him to kill Dumbledore.
I also think that the theory that Snape loved Lily is true. We all know that she tried to be nice to him, and even though he seemed to shun her help we all know that people try to hide love behind hate. Truthfully Snape probably could not believe that he was in love with a muggle-born. This possible love for Lily creates a rift between Snape and Voldermort that can never be truly reconciled. So it seeems that Snape is more than likely still good. The only other thing that would make since is if he somehow regrets killing Dumbledore in the seventh book and helps Harry. But I find this unlikely.
October 27, 2005
#2- i havent heard that theory before.
however it does make sense. and the reason he hates harry is beacuse he is james son and he hates the fact that lilly was with james… oooooh this is gd more conspiricies.
November 9, 2005
hey i only just found this site but i have a theory myself, i dont know if this is the right thread to put it in but i think fawkes is Dumbledores horcrux (if there is only 1) in the dumbledoreisnotdead site it says how much fawkes is referred to and i think the phoenix flying out of the tomb sorta thing seals this theory 4 me
November 15, 2005
I thought that Snape would be good since I read the book. All of the things you have mentioned so far I agree with. Also I feel that it has been mentioned a few times in book 6 that Dumbledore isn’t as strong as he used to be, especially with his hand and from drinking the potion. I also think he had given as much help to Harry as he can and by Snape killing him will make all the death eaters trust him. I think Harry will eventually see the conversation that Snape and Dumbledore had in the forest by looking in the pensieve or something like that.
November 17, 2005
i think that most of everybodys suggestions are correct so far. i dont believe dumbledore is dead and i dont think that snape is bad. but i do believe that in the 7th book harry and voldemort will wipe each other out. i cant wait for the next book its going to be sooooo good
November 20, 2005
This may be a bit off topic, but i believe that harry is the final horcrux, and to kill voldemort, he will essentially have to kill himself.
November 21, 2005
Somebody has told me that Rowling has said that dumbledore is really dead, but i don’t know where she (friend) found this out.
This is a problem for all you snape lovers because it means that he really did kill him. This kills the “Snape did not kill Dumbledore” theory.
As for trust, Snape has tricked either Dumbledore or Voldemort into believing that Snape works for them. Snape is most likely not working for both Voldemort and Dumbledore (although this would be interesting). Dumbledore has shown that he wants to believe the best in people, and that this wish can blind him to reality.
Just thought i’d stir these ideas into the couldron!
November 23, 2005
Although there is a lot of evidence for and against the fact that dumbledore might be or might not be dead i happened to watch something on tv just after the first movie was released, i completely forgot about it until i stumbled on it a couple of days ago, on an oprah show she was interviewing robbie coltrane (hagrid) and the former actor who played dumbledore and she asked each of them whether they had signed on for all 7 films, (coltrane)said not sure but dumbledores charchter replied with YES, obviously JK didnt know that this man was going to die and therefore had planned for him to feature in all 7 books and films, so i hope this baks up the fact that dumbledore is still alive, everyone looks in the books for answers when it was on tv.
tell me what you think
November 25, 2005
The Death of dumbledore was necessary, and in a way it doesn’t matter if he is still alive, as long as harry thinks he is dead. Snape didn’t kill dumbledore to protect Harry, but to expose him. When Rowling said before book five that a major character would die, I was convinced it would be dumbledore. My reason for this is that harry needs to become powerful enough to defeat Voldemort, and he cannot become the powerful wizard he needs to be while he has more powerful ones on which he can rely, and untimately feel safe with (Dumbledore, Sirrius). By exposing him to the scenario where he has no such ‘father figure’ snape killing dumbledore allows harry to blossom on his own and fight the final battle himself.
As an aside I believe that dumbledore is dead, I do not believe he would split his soul deliberately and use a horcrux, even if he has killed in his time, although this bears no relation to what i said above.
November 26, 2005
Harry has to be a Horcrux. Its too convenient he has all the same abilities as voldermort, (and most interestingly the very same wand).
He doesnt have to kill himself to kill Voldermort though - (theres always the arch where Sirius dissapeared - never able to come back. Handy if Voldermort went through wouldnt it)
November 27, 2005
i am a bit torn between theories about dumbledore’s death. on the one hand i dont want dumbledore to die because i think he is an essential part in the “Harry has got to kill voldemort, or vice versa, prophecy”. Because to tell you the truth (i am a great harry lover so don’t take this the wrong way) i think Harry needs a lot more training to be able to defeat lord voldemort. i mean dumbledore grabbed an invisible chain out of thin air, compared to dumbledore Harry is really ignorant. (but i still love him because he is brave and ‘has powers the dark lord knows not’, he is really smart and has great courage and now that dumbledore is ‘dead’ i think harry is probably the greatest wizard in the world, im just saying that i think he needs more training.
And on the other hand of the dumbledore’s death theory, it really did sound like he was dead. but i spose ill hav to wait till the next book.
when harry eventually does kill voldemort i think harry will die too, because that would be the end of harry as well as the end of the books. that would make sense.
November 29, 2005
Snape is a mystery. I think Dumbledore is really dead. You know since no body is sure wether snape is good or bad maybe he doesnt know either. Dont laugh at the idea it could be true. Maybe when snape helped harry in book#1 with the broom he felt good for him. Maybe when snape killed dumbledore he was mad about harry. He also didnt hurt harry as he was being chased by him so he might have felt sorry about killing dumbledore and didnt want to kill harry. Well I do know snape will most likely be important in the final book. I mean obviously JK has put alot of attention on him. She cant just leave him out. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I just got an idea. The only books that the title was directed at one person was books 3 and 6. I think since sirius is dead his relative regulus is important (RAB). So maybe snape will die early and a relative of his will be important. Hey take a look at this. Books 3 and 6 are directed at people like I mentioned but they are the only books harry doesnt face voldemort. (Its obvious harry will face voldemort in book7) That just proves snape and sirius are important.Or there relatives. I dont mean snape and sirius are related I mean relatives of snape or sirius. Sorry for the confusion its late and im tierd. I better be going. But hey this is what I think. Its probobly wrong but Im not perfect. Let me know what you think. Im interested. Make sure you direct your thoughts towards #13. Only if you want to comment on me. Otherwise this doesnt apply to you. Thanks everyone.
November 29, 2005
I think dumbledore sentenced his death cos in the forest hagrid heard dumbledore and snape arguing, what if they were arguing about snape killing dumbledore. maybe we should also look close at kreacher, i mean he must be the link between R.A.B and harry and he would have heard more at grimmauld place between snape and dumbledore. harry needs to get some veritaserum into Kreacher someway to make him spill his guts. at the end we think harry will think he has destroyed all the horcruxes but voldy will be wearing the locket. i think that fawkes is a horcrux because dumbledore was so remorseful about something he had done previously, re his ramblings in the cave, maybe the liquid he had to drink was a weak veritaserum/ potion to weaken you. i think he did kill someone but probably by accident/ against his will. harry needs to find R.A.B’s grave if he is dead to find the locket( its hidden in a safe place, maybe kreacher put it there or somewhere else safe) maybe Kreacher is R.A.B
well thats what i think anyway se ya
December 2, 2005
Wat i believe about dubledores death
-Snape told DD about the vow
-HE did imobolize harry to prevent him from interfereing
-Snape definaitly did perform the Avada Kedavra curse on Dumbledore
-DD is dead
-however and i cant believe noones thought to bring this up DD could have made himself a horcruxes but this seems unlikely as he has not killed ne one but if he did i believe he would have left it in godric gryffindors sword
-i like the websites theory on draught of the liveing dead and fox taking him away from his tomb best
-if he were alive but i honestly think hes dead
-as he would have told harry his plan
-but perhaps he planned to untill he drank the potion in the cave
-i stil think hes dead harrys exposure was impossible to advert and jk new this and needed dumbledore to die i feel that it was a very hard decision between him and sirius at the end of the last book but sirius had to die because jk thought that DD was the only one capable of informing harry everything from DD in 6
December 2, 2005
Of last thing i belive dumbledore accepted his death
December 2, 2005
Remember in the end when they are in the hospital with bill, who has been harrased by that deatheater scumbag wolf dude. They ask themselves what arguments Snape could have given to Dumbledore to understand why Dumbledore trusted snape. Maybe Snape told Dumbledore he was in love with Lilly. Then it’s understandable that Dumbledore trusted Snape 100%. Its also explains snape’s hate for James Potter and for Harry Potter. I mean, Harry looks like a mirror image of his dad. I think Dumbledore indeed was begging for snape to kill him. Dumbledore knew it was the only way to defeat Voldemort. And it was the ultimate way to decieve Voldemort. Snape’s his most loyal servant now. At least that’s what he thinks
December 8, 2005
Hi everyone. I completely agree with all of you in favor of dumbledore’s miraculous survival.
At the same time, i would like to add some more speculations.specially these:-
1) Voldemort is a threat to the whole wizarding world. But i dont find active partcipation from all the wizarding schools(beauxbatons and durmstrang)(and are there only three wizarding schools in the wizard world ?).Except a little part played by madame maxime in their task to make the other giants aggreable with them and join the order.what is those schools doing. as well as othr communities.
2) I am still not able to fully understand that why Voldemort chose Harry and whether Neville could also be marked as his equal and posses those powers not known. Though this is a little offside i m going. but cud somone come up witha worthy explanation?
December 8, 2005
Snape is completely innocent. At the begining of the sixth book he made an unbreakable curse to protect Malfoy at all costs, he only did this not to break his cover and semed really hesitant to do so but Bella was already suspicious that he was not loyal to Voldemort. I agree when that when Snape and Dumbledore were argueing in the forest that Dumbledore was begging snape to kill him to protect himself and be of great use to the order. I am 100 percent sure he is innocent.
December 13, 2005
What happened to the fact about harry being immobolized but then being mobolized again? doesn’t that mean that the wand’s holder (dumbledore) must have died to let him move again?
I still think snape is completely evil. What about his unbreakable vow to narcissa? if he didn’t kill dumbledore, he would have died.
December 16, 2005
I definitely think that Dumbledore was pleading to Snape to kill him, to save the lives of Malfroy and Harry.
I think it will be revealed in the next book that DD’s death was a neccessary step in the battle against Voldemort. One theory I had was that DD needed to be dead to find the last Horcrux, come to think of it does anyone think that Harry is a Horxrux?
The mentor nearly always dies, and it’s usually the case that they want to because they forsee more then the hero does - e.g. Aslan in LionW&W, ObiWan, Gandalf…. I also think Snape is on the good side; when has Dumbledore been wrong? Ok he has hinted that he might have made a mistake, but the mentor always recognises his failings.. which usually turn out to win the day. How unsure was Gandalf at times? And I’m sure there are more examples, Belgarath the Sorcerer in The Belgariad; and I’m sure Obi-Wan did things he perceived as foolish or mistaken but turned out neccessary before the end.
December 17, 2005
I support the theory that Dubledore is still alive. Dubledore has been very eginmetic with this plan. Dubledore’s faith in Snape is one of the few constance in the books, while other appearances turn out to be otherwise. I think his death is very much like “The Prince” from Machiavelli. To gain an advantage by faking your own death. This is also strengthened by that fact that Harry was immobolized by Dubledore himself. This forces Harry to witness the “killing” by Snape. Revenge is a very good motivator to accomplish things. Now Harry will have the motivation to be more discipline in his training for the final battle with Voldemort. The theory that Fawkes is Dubledore’s hoxcruces is supported that Fawkes is a phoenix. In mythology a phoenix dies then rises from its ashes. For all you Xmen fan out there. Think of Jean Gray.
December 19, 2005
I dont support the whole Dumbledore made a horcrux thing but in sorcerers stone on the Hogwarts express when harry gets the chocolate frog card it says “Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945.” So if he did make a horcrux that could be a could be the way he made it. But it doesnt say if he killed him or not. What do you think?
December 20, 2005
Hi
I’m new here and have read some great theories.
I have a small theory of my own and I want to share it with you.
This relates to the part in the cave in the Half Blood Prince when DD begins to have memories of something horrible in his past whilst drinking the water /potion.
I do not think that these memories are DD’s I think that they are Snapes memories.
If Snape loved Lilly, as is the general consensus then I imagine that he would not have wanted to tell VM what he had heard about the prophecy. I imagine that he told him through sheer fear or VM tortured him into revealing what he had heard. If Snape was pleading for the Potters lives this would have made VM very angry and Snape would have been punished severely.
I actually think that Snape pleaded with VM to save Lilly and this is why VM told her to move away from Harry. If this is correct then Snape tried to save Harry’s mum… which doesn’t make him such a bad guy huh?
Having read this particular part of the book several times and placing Snape in the picture I think that this is the memory which swayed DD to believing that Snape had turned his back on VM.
Snape gave DD the memory to prove his allegiance. DD would never have taken this memory and added it to the pensive for it was the only thing that reminded him that Snape was to be trusted. DD would have that memory instilled into him and this is why he always had faith in Snape. This is also why he recalled it in the cave under the influence of the potion.
Give it another read and see what you all think?
By the way I believe that Snape blames Harry for Lilly’s death and this is why he treats him so viciously.
You have to feel sorry for the guy
December 20, 2005
I think that Snape’s the red herring in so far he has now become Harry protector not DD betrayer - by being seen to kill DD, Voldy can not fail to see Snape as a loyal servant after all by killing DD Harry more venerable and easier to conquer without his mentor. I think that Snape will then start helping H but from a far and so it is not apparent to Harry(as he does in book 1 when he stops Quirall from killing Harry whilst he is playing quidditch). Also i believe that Draco may turn his back on the dark Lord and help Harry in his quest. After all he did not want to kill DD when it came to it and perhaps seeing death first hand may be the event which turns him to the good side. Plus I think Lucius will disown his son for what he considers his cowardly behavior in not killing DD while he was weak and there are always characters which change allegiance in these type of stories and I think this is our man. Also this would mean that both Draco and snape are working on the inside
I also have another theory not based on so much concrete evidence but more a desire for a real big twist what if Harry is Snape’s son or perhaps his Uncle??? – mind due this is too star wars.
December 22, 2005
Everbody is going on about how Dumbledores trust blinds him, but it doesn’t. Yes he’s trsuting but he aint stupid. Not even from the start did he EVER trust Tom Riddle as he said he always kept a close eye on him.
And if you do a timeline of when Snape illegidly came over to the good side it doesnt add up. If what Snape says in Spinners end is correct he was on the good side a whole year before Lily and James died. This theory is explained a whole lot better on Mugglenet.
Lastly to do with the horcruxes in every which way possible if Snape was on Voldys side Voldy would of found out that Dumbledore knew about them, he then would of checked on them and found the locket ws a fake. The only way that this would not happen is if, Snape is on Dumbledores side and does not tell Voldy about him knowing about the horcruxes therefore Voldy would not check the locket.
December 27, 2005
Tuanito - I think you need to re-read your Machiavelli. I don’t recall that The Prince has any discussion of faking one’s death.
January 12, 2006
My conclusions:
1. DD death was arranged between him and Snape.
1.1 Either DD is alive and staged to be dead in order to search for the other horcruxes incognito so that VD doesn’t know what is he doing (why he appears in his portrait ’sleeping’? How long does it take until he appears ‘normally’ in the portrait?)
1.2 More likely he’s really dead but obviously he ordered Snape to kill him in order to Snape regain VD confidence and pretend to be fighting against HP.
2. HP will forgive VD because what makes them different from each other is his ability of loving; this is the great lesson that DD tried to teach him. That’h how he’ll be able to defeat VD: by loving him. Nevertheless the horcruxes will be destroyed so VD will be mortal again and either Snape or Wormtail will kill VD.
3. HP will be the youngest professor of Defense against Dark Arts, which VD tried before and didn’t achieve. This will be the final triumph of HP over VD.
January 13, 2006
JKR said one of the most important parts of the book was the “choose between what’s right and what’s easy” thing. Blaming Snape for DD’s death is easy, but is it right? JKR never presents a scene outright without there being more to it than we see. If you mean to tell me that everything happened just like that, black and white, Snape killed DD totally unexpectedly and has been evil the whole time, then I don’t think you’ve read too carefully. DD’s dead. He has to be for Harry to be the hero, and Snape is definitely good. He cared about DD too, you have to remember that. It had to be hard for him to kill him, but he did it, for some greater reason, because he knew that DD’s death, was necessary to take downt he dark lord. The real question is, will Harry realize that Snape’s good in time or will he kill Snape out of ignorance.
January 15, 2006
My friends and I have gone through many Snape theories, trying to weigh the bad and good. Some of the people I’ve spoken to firmly believe Snape is just bad. Yes, as mentioned before, not all is black and white.
JK has mentioned in an interview after HBP was published that ”Someone loved Snape”… this potentially making him even more of a bad guy than Voldemort, considering he had no one to love him, ever (besides good old Trixie).
I’m rambling here.. let me post some interviews with interesting things that might support and raise new theories:
“It is more satisfying I think for the reader if the hero has to go on alone and to give him too much support makes his job too easy, sorry.”
Sarah Wallace for the Irish Independent - How did you think of the bond between Harry and Lord Voldemort?
JK Rowling: That is another one of those questions that goes right to the heart of the series. I can’t answer. It touches way too closely on book 7. Sorry. Good question.”
On The Connection, a kid asked if Snape would fall in love. Rowling appeared to have started to say yes, but then stopped She said she was extremely stunned at that question, and that we would find out why in #7 - from a Harry Potter rumours site
J.K. Rowling has confirmed (in an interview) that “Harry and Draco will hate each other untill they both die.” - we so hoped Draco would be a good boy in the end!
In an interview with AOL, JKR was asked; “Why stop at seven books when you could write Harry’s whole life?” Rowling usually answers in interviews that it is because the stay at Hogwarts is seven years, but this time she said, “I notice you’re very confident that he’s not going to die!”
MA: Well, there are conspiracy theorists, and there are people who will claim -
JKR: Cling to some desperate hope [laughter] -
JKR: Well, okay, I’m obviously – Harry-Snape is now as personal, if not more so, than Harry-Voldemort. I can’t answer that question because it’s a spoiler, isn’t it, whatever I say, and obviously, it has such a huge impact on what will happen when they meet again that I can’t. And let’s face it, it’s going to launch 10,000 theories and I’m going to get a big kick out of reading them so [laughs] I’m evil but I just like the theories, I love the theories.
Something interesting here:
• Dumbledore’s patronus is a phoenix, which is very representative of DD. - mentioned on a site with confirmed rumours. Hey, high hopes!
•Ghosts were people who were very afraid of death.
•Jo jokingly tells us that she finds it depressing that we love Snape and her bad boys.
“Yes. I’ve even drawn a picture of how they look. Harry has his father and mother’s good looks. But he has his mother’s eyes and that’s very important in a future book.”
ES: Was James the only one who had romantic feelings for Lily?
Jo: No. [Pause.] She was like Ginny, she was a popular girl.
MA: Snape?
Jo: That is a theory that’s been put to me repeatedly.
(Note she answers about Lupin, but not more on Snape)
“Although,” she adds, “undeniably, morals are drawn.” But she doesn’t make it easy. In Goblet, the good-hearted Cedric Diggory dies for no reason. In Phoenix, we learn that Harry’s dad, whom he idealized, had been an arrogant bully. People aren’t good and bad by nature; they change and transform and struggle. As Dumbledore tells Harry, “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
ES: This is one of my burning questions since the third book - why did Voldemort offer Lily so many chances to live? Would he actually have let her live?
Jo: Mmhm.
ES: Why?
Jo: [silence] Can’t tell you. But he did offer, you’re absolutely right. She did very consciously lay down her life. She had a clear choice.
MA: Oh, here’s one [from our forums] that I’ve really got to ask you. Has Snape ever been loved by anyone?
Jo: Yes, he has, which in some ways makes him more culpable even than Voldemort, who never has.
MA: Was there anyone else present in Godric’s Hollow the night Harry’s parents were killed?
Jo: No comment.
January 16, 2006
just because Malfoy and Harry will hate each other until they both die doesn’t mean Malfoy won’t turn good, they might just not like each other. ok so maybe i’m just rooting for Malfoy, but I do think he’ll turn good, I think Harry will need him in the end.
January 18, 2006
Hi
I completely agree with #10. Think about it, the only wizard Vold. feared was DD. With DD out of the way Vold. has a “clear” path to Harry, perhaps that is why JKR allowed DD to die? DD’s death creates the oppurtunity for the final battle between Harry and Vold.
On a different note, DD tells Harry that the reason why his hand is dead is because of the ring horcrux. Snape said that the reason for DD’s dead hand was because of the battle between DD and Vold. My conclusion, correct me if I am wrong, is that either DD didn’t trust Snape enough to tell him about the horcruxes or Snape is on DD’s side.
Then again Snape might just have decided not to tell Narcissa and Bella about the horcruxes because Vold. ordered him not to.
January 18, 2006
i personally think that snape is good. i think that this book[6th part]puts a lot of emphasis on NON-VERBAL spells.also in the 5th part we come to know that all such curses are need pure intension for them.[didnt bellatrix said this to harry while using it?] so snape may not be having that intension. he did say avada kedavra cause this may be his and dumbledore’s plan as all the death eaters behind were watching him. also didnt hagrid tell harry that he heard an argument of snape & dumbledore of something snape was refusing? so maybe he was refusing for dumbledore’s plan as it can go fully wrong. also he had this big opportunity to kill harry when he was fleding the castle with draco. he could have killed harry. as voldermort doesnot need harry[or any part of him-like blood]for him to become powerful.because he already is powerful.also heard some rumours that the 7th horcrux is harry’s scar. i dont much think it is. do u guys know abt this? felt like sharing with all HP fans.
January 21, 2006
Alright well first of it’s basically obvious that we know who R.A.B. is. After reading several ppl’s theories it’s obvious…Regulus Black a.k.a. Sirius’ brother. Regulus was a Death Eater who turned against Voldemort and remember in OotP when they were cleaning the place up they ran past a certain un-openable golden locket? Well, Harry has to find that locket. If I were you i’d re-read the other books cuz J.K. has put in a lot of sentences that seem unimportant or hardly worth reading but hey they are. Like in CoS when harry was hiding in that cabinet in Borgis and Burkes and Malfoy was smilling after reading the caption under a certian opal necklace that was cursed and had taken like 28 muggle lives? or in OotP when Fred and George put (i think it’s his name) Montague in the vanishing cabinet well we now know that was a crucial role in HBP. Well, also J.K. has stated that she has worded the prophecy very carefully so i’d advise you to re-read it a couple of time. And there’s a theory i read that Dumbledore trusted snape becuz in fact snape had really heard the whole prophecy and only told voldemort half to try and injure or kill him. Because before harry went to see dumbledore in HBP and was talking to trelawny she sed snape came through the door of her room at the hogs head. and we all know trelawny duzn’t remember her prophecies and dumbledore sed snape only heard half becuz he was booted out of the Inn. So, therefore that means he had to of come after the prophecy in which case he heard it all and wasn’t booted out like dumbledore sed.
January 22, 2006
I think Snape is good. Snape said that Dumbledore was taking too much for granted, and that want ever was being taken for granted involved Snape. Dumbledore doesn’t take things for granted too lightly, and certainly he would care about other wellbeings. I think that Snape was saying Dumbledore took his own life for granted, and that Snape wasn’t going to take away that life if the need aroused, but Dumbledore made him do it. This way, both Snape and Malfoy’s lives are safe (at least, for now)
January 23, 2006
i haven’t read all of this forum so sorry if i am repearing any thing but i have got quite a few ideas.
first snape is good, of course he is good DD said he is good for 6 books and DD isn’t going to be simply wrong on somthing like that. DD is dead, everyone went through the same kind of deniel when sirius died, harry is just giong to have to grow up and fight his own battles. though saying that i wouldn’t be suprised if harry got some kind of advise from DD posibly from the portrait in his office or the choclet frog cards. third if snape is good how come he killed DD, you can turn around the entire scene where snape kills DD buy changing the meaning of the word please. it seems that DD is pleading for his life, but what if he is pleading for a reluctant snape to kill him. we know DD isn’t afraid of death, and i quote “to the well orgonised mind death is just the next great adventure” does that sound like someone who would plead for his life. my 4th point is of the subject of snape and DD, R.A.B is regulas black, how do i know? in book 5 when harry is cleaning up 12 grimwald place he finds ” a heavy golden locket that none of them could open” 12 grimwald place would be an ideal hiding place for the locket if regulas had it.
those are my theories, but here are some interesting things that i thought any harry potter fan would like to know.
“Flight of Death” (In French, “Vol de Mort”)
62442″ (the password to the ministry of magic and it also spells “magic” on a phone)
January 25, 2006
#9
I love that info, but maybe it’ just because dumbledore will have to be in it because a memory from the pensitive or a ghost of dumbledore or something.
January 31, 2006
i think snape know about the horcrux,dd must have told him when he injured his arm when he destroyed the ring
February 2, 2006
ok
February 2, 2006
Reading between the lines of the book and looking at all the hints that JK Rowling herself gives I am sure that Sanpe is good. Maybe not 100% good though. I think that he and Dumbledore had planned for Snape to kill him in order to save Malfoy from the awful task. I also think that Sanpe was the one who told Dumbledore the plan that Malfoy was to kill him. This is also why, i think, he has allowed for Wormtail to stay with him (although Voldemort ordered it). Remember Wormtail is indebted to Harry for saving his life. I do think that Harry’s scar it the final Horcrux and i don’t think he will survive the final book. I also have a thoery about why Dumbledore and Sirius dies and think that Hagrid will also die. Why? Because these three are the “guardians” of Harry. Harry obviously must destroy Voldemort himslef but if Dumbledore, Sirius and Hagrid are about they would not allow Harry to (possibly) kill/destroy himself in order to do that. Anyway, might be way off course but can’t wait to find out.
February 3, 2006
You are all in denial! I agree with your theories about Dumbledore and Snape plotting and planning Dumbledores death- possibly even because Fawkes is a Phoenix. Please though mark and remember my words- Dumbledore is dead!!! Any other belief is just denial!!! I want him to live on too- but he can’t. Harry needs to be the powerful wizard now, the last book is about Voldemort vrs Harry, not Voldemort vrs Dumbledore. Otherwise these books would have been written from Dumbldores perspective- not some teen wizard. However, I do believe that Harry is a horcrux. Voldemort put the scar in him. Yes, he is trying to kill his own Horcrux. This is because neither can exist while the other survives, so he made it impossible for Harry to kill him without a peice of his soul living on in harry. They will both die in the end.
February 3, 2006
#18- Dumbledore clearly tells Harry that it is not Neville but harry that was marked as Voldemorts equal- look at the scar. And as for Neville being Voldemorts equal- that is laughable.
February 3, 2006
#25 come on!! PLEASE research before you post!!! According to you Harry might be Snapes son… then why is harry a spitting image of James, and why is Harry’s patronus prongs- who was also his fathers nickname, and animagous form. Lets read JK’s signs in order to postulate our theories. Lets not pretend we are Treelawny and invent!
February 22, 2006
hahaha good one #25 u ought to be in the nutcase league of gentlemen all i know is snape is the good guy and that he is gonna help harry finish voldy and how many think harry will end up wid 1)hermoine or 2)ginny if he survives that is
February 25, 2006
What if Dumbledore’s death was indeed preplanned in order for Snape to make a Horcrux so that he can tackle Voldemort as a last resort? (He could actually get closer than DD). The evidence suggests that Dumbledore is actually dead (JKR) and that it was deliberate and therefore Snape is loyal to Dumbledore. If Snape was in love with Lily Potter, and Voldemort killed her, why would he be loyal to Voldemort? Also, if someone you loved gave thier life to protect thier child, perhaps you would feel that you must make every effort to do the same, in spite of your own dislikes? Snape IS an enigma.
February 26, 2006
just thought of something, even if harry destroys all of the horcruxes, he still has to find voldemort. If voldemort found out harry’s scar/harry was a horcrux then he would not want to give harry a chance to find him. That would be the better thing to do for voldemort, but since it’s a book and it has to end somewhere, he has to find him or j.k. will have to make a 1000 page book.
Wow, what a waste of time……oh well
February 27, 2006
Hi, new poster on here, but i’d like to draw everyones attention to Page 380 in Book 6. Halfway down the page, Hagrid retells a meeting of Snape and Dumbledore in the forest he overheard. Dumbledore said to snape that he HAD to do something, that he had agreed. Now, if we assume that Snape is still on ‘our’ side, and has been telling DD everything about V’s plan, then the whole meaning of it changes. We know Severus made the unbreakable vow to kill DD if Malfoy couldn’t. DD is TELLING Snape to do it. Which brings in the question WHY. DD wouldn’t wish to die, and if he knew that was the plan, then surely he would find a way around it…? This corresponds then the the look of hatred and Revulsion on Snapes face when he is forced to ‘kill’ DD, its at what he is doing, not at whom he is doing it too.Sorry for the long-winded text, but i think that this is a MAJOR clue as to Dumbledore’s apparent death. There is no way that he would willingly allow himself to be killed. However, the benefits of V thinking DD is dead, and all the death-eaters too would be great, he could work towards the Horcruxes with harry in secret. THis little theory of mine may be thrown into some doubt when we know there was a body, however, surely dumbledore could have created a mimic body for himself, and apparated away, even if he didn’t have his wand. E-mail me if you agree/disagree etc etc etc…
March 3, 2006
HERE IS MY THEORY
i think Giny might b a horcrux.
(plz dont laugh)
in hp&Cos, in the scene where harry and voldemort r in the chamber, thery’re tlking about the diary, Voldemort goes”…I grew powerful, far more poerful than little Miss Weasly. Powerful enough to start feeding Miss Weasly a few of MY secrects, to start pouring a little of MY soul back into HER…”
when i read i- i got chills. i was readin it again coz JKR said most of the clues like in Book 2. it seems lyk it could be tru.
March 7, 2006
i just read on the first conspiracy theory that R.A.B. could be B.A.R., i am to sleepy to see if i can be proven wrong, but maybe BAR is aberforth because the side-effects from drinking that potion led to him doing his “illegal practices with a goat” and got the horcrux(i don’t know, maybe when he tightened his cloak around his neck he was hiding the horcrux). I don’t know, somebody tell me if there’s a flaw to this idea.
March 8, 2006
I, like others, have gone back and forth many times about whether Dumbledore is really dead or if he and Snape conspired to fake his death. The one aspect of this that keeps coming back to my mind is the act itself: the Avada Kedavra curse, as it has been described numerous times in the series, does not result in the victim being “blown away”. I believe the victims simply are killed where they stand and fall dead. However, Dumbledore was blown over the wall by whatever it was that Snape did. So was this really an A-K curse?? I have my doubts. This, to me, is the most compelling argument for believing that Dumbledore is actually alive. Whaddyall think?
March 11, 2006
Mick:
maybe snape said “avada kedavra” but he thought another spell in his mind and whatever spell he thought was what hit dumbledore. Or maybe the curse just had a greater effect on dumbledore because he’s the greatest wizard of all time.
March 20, 2006
The Snape / Dumbledor thing was planned from the beginning of book 6. Dumbledor knows that ever since he did not give Tom Riddle the “Defense against the Dark Arts” job he hasn’t been able to keep a teacher for more then a year. Giving Snape the Dark Art’s job tells us that Dumbledor knows from the beginning of the year that this will be Snape’s last year at Hogwarts.
March 21, 2006
i dont think its possible for Dumbeldore to have a horcux and as for Harry being one its not possible . Harry has Voldemorts abbilities cos the scar conects them. if Dumbeldore has a horcux then he must have killed someone and that cant be true. and his horcrux being fawks ummm ok but i still dont belive it.
Dumbeldore must be dead cos when the curse hit him harry was able to move.
snape is good i know itsound mad but hes that kind of a character
March 22, 2006
Firstly, although he is evil snape is and always has been my favourite character in the whole series. he si sarcastic, witty and well, evil.
i don’t agree with “Dan” because I believe Dumbledore knew malfoy was up to something but didnt want Harry to go after malfoy, he knew if he told Harry he too thought malfoy was up to something Harry would be extreamly confident and look to fight him. But I do not believe Dumbledore knew snape was in on the plan until he arived with the other death eaters. I think the complete opposite to “Dan” I believe he gave Snape the “Dark Arts Job” because he trusted Snape enough and was struggling to find anyone to do the Job.
I also think that the mysterious R.A.B is Sirius Black’s brother, I think he was always on the good side but joined the death eaters at his own risk to find a way to defeat Voldemort.
March 28, 2006
Okay, this might sound far fetched, but could Draco really be Snape’s son. Snape has always kept a close eye on Draco, and Draco has always been one of his favourite students. Narcissa Malfoy, Draco’s mother, was acting very open when she visited Spinner’s End. You are probably wondering how this could happen. Prehaps the Imperius Curse?
Also, in the prophecy, it says neither can live while the other survives. Jo has stated that she worded the prophecy very carefully, so you should re-read a few times. I personally think that it means Harry will have to kill himself in order to kill Voldemort, because Harry himself could be a horcrux.
March 29, 2006
I agree with Sierra, and also they both have that greasy hair thing.
April 14, 2006
Nobody’s said anything since march, so i thought i’d say something: Harry will say the word “no” 25 times in the 7th book.
April 18, 2006
Read this VERY carefully:
To the Dark Lord
I know I will be dead long before you read this
but I want you to know that it was I who discovered your secret.
I have stolen the real horcrux and intend to destroy it as soon as I can.
I face death in the hope that when you meet your match, you will be mortal once more.
R.A.B
this is the note harry finds in Dumbledore’s locket the night of his death. It wouldn’t be important if Harry had given thought to it. Here’s what I think, based on the note:
R.A.B stands for dumbledore somehow.
Snape is on the good side.
dumbledore knew snape would kill him; they planned it.
Harry is not a horcrux, but his SCAR is.
there is an eighth book?
There is no way dumbledore could be wrong about snape. ”he faces death”.
anyway, dumbledore said people couldn’t be horcruxes, but harry’s scar is different
i also believe the 7th book will be called the pyramids of something and harry is a metamorphagus
April 19, 2006
how can his scar be a horcrux but him not, that just dosnt make sense.
what if snape was good all along and a death eater kiddnapped him and took polyjuice potion to become him and get close to dumbledore?
April 19, 2006
but dont you remember when dumbledore told harry he thought that voldermort went into harry’s house with one horcrux remaining? he probably came out with harry’s scar as a horcrux! and dumbledore inclined he was working on destroying the horcrux, but he couldnt kill harry!
April 20, 2006
nevermind i take it back about R.A.B being dumbledore. but i think the trip to the cave was a planned diversion between snape and dumbledore.
April 21, 2006
tonks and lupin, will they marry????? what do u think
April 23, 2006
Re: #58 -
Dumbledore could be R.A.B., As his first two names are Albus Brian (The A.B. in R.A.B.) But what would the R stand for?
Re: #59 -
And Dumbledore could have taken Polyjuice Potion and become Snape. Snape could have become Dumbledore, so Snape is dead - Dumbledore killed him. (or maybe not, dumbledoreisnotdead.com). But such theories have no real evidence. Remember - if two or more solutions are equally logical, the simplest is the best.
April 23, 2006
And R A B is Reverse Auxley Bertram (Harry’s detention in the Half-Blood Prince, Sirius Black and James Potter inflate Bertram Auxleys head.) I explained it better on HP conspiracy theory 2
April 23, 2006
It is worth noting that DD will almost certainly be a character in 7, even if he is truly dead, which I suspect that he is. Why? Harry will probably look in the Pensive again, and even if he doesn’t, all Hogwarts headmasters appear to, as part of the job, consent to being ghosts in picture frames who forever sit as advisors to the current incumbent.
April 26, 2006
nevermind. harry is not a metamorphagus. the 7th book is called the pillars of furmat. maybe— MAYBE Harry or Hermione will use the time turner to bring dd back although i doubt it, because he’ll figure out snape’s good and dd wanted to die.
April 26, 2006
sorry— PYRAMIDS of furmat
April 26, 2006
ok, well after some long debates with family and friends (all HP fans of course), here’s what I believe.
1st point:
Why was Dumbledore blasted into the sky, thus falling from the tower to the ground? No other person hit with the cruciatus (sp) curse has ever been mentioned of flying through the air after being hit. Could this be a bit a dramatic flair so that the Death Eaters wouldn’t inspect his body to see if he was dead?
2nd:
Dumbledore mentioned to Draco that he has the ability to make people disappear (book 6). He offered Draco and his mother this as a means of protection if they chose to defy Voltemort. Apparently, he is able to make someone undetectable from Voltemort. So why couldn’t Dumbledore preform this feat on himself? But he would need to stage a death and have DE’s witness it to convince V.
plus, we were told that death could not be altogether prevented, but that there was a potion that could halt death. i believe dumbledore’s “dead” hand was the result of a horocrux protection spell. dumbledore must have had snape with him, or been close enough to hogwarts while destroying a horocrux that snape could produce the potion to halt the injury from harming dumbledore more than
another theory
It was stated that “someone” else was in the Potter’s house the night they were killed. My belief is that that person was Snape.
my reasoning: I believe Snape had a thing for Lily. In the Pensieve (spelling is horrible, sorry), Snape’s worst memory was when he was pants in front of Lily by the James and Sirius. Lily was a kind person, probably the only student that didn’t pick on Severus while at Hogwarts. She was also gifted at potions (snape’s favorite subject). This would also explain why he dispises Harry so much. He is living proof of Lily’s love for James (Severus’s rival).
So I believe that Snape was the eavesdropped that overheard part of the prophecy, told Voltemort.. Then once Voltemort chose the Potter’s as the fore-told family, Snape realized that the only girl he’s ever had feeling for was in danger. He went with Voltemort to the Potters’ house, asked Voltemort to spare her. But being a good mom, Lily wouldn’t allow herself to be saved and her son killed, so she tried to protect her child.
May 5, 2006
*one of my underlying assumptions is that dumbledore is dead. this is for plot reasons - the mentor MUST die.
*Dumbledore was declining, weakening, etc, throughout book 6.
*it is possible that he was already dying, or knew his time was limited… one of the reasons he confided so much in harry?
*that overheard conversation in the forest b/w snape and DD - had snape told him about the unbreakable oath? had dumbledore insisted he (snape) carry through with the murder if a necessary situation arose. did snape argue, saying he ‘didn’t want to do it’ anymore, talking of evil deeds, which he presumably must commit to fulfil his role as spy-for-the-order.
*harry feeds him the liquid which couldn’t possibly be savoury. remember the state dumbledore was in when they got back to hogsmeade. I highly doubt R.A.B would have affectionately left voldemort mint cordial or the like: probs a deadly poison.
*he was also sliding down the thick wall on top of the tower. was he already dying? if so, harry narrowly avoided being dumbledore’s murderer.
*the eye contact before - occlumency? - did dumbledore tell snape to kill him? it seems like they might have had some contact.
*snape had revulsion on his face when he did the deed. hate for dumbledore or disgust at what he was doing?
*there is evidence in the book to the effect that snape noted the extra broom. he convinces the death eaters to run away immediately after he’s killed dumbledore. when he meets harry, he doesn’t try to kill, or kidnap him and drag him off.
he doesn’t even duel properly with him… and shows remarkable self-control considering 1/ he’s just ‘exposed’ himself as a DE loyalist and 2/he loathes harry. no need for concealment or restraint.
so, why then, doesn’t he take the opportunity, however brief, to hurt him. unless… he is still working for the good, and he wants to protect harry.
*the ‘coward’ jibe, where harry calls him coward and *then* he finally explodes, having kept his cool before. makes sense that he was so mad if he’d just had the hideous experience of killing a good old friend, of no one knowing, harry least of all, how hard it was to lose someone who trusted him.
*someone has ‘loved’ snape. platonic love, as in dd? most people seem to hate him, dd is The only member of the order of the phoenix who trusts snape, it’s doubtful the death eaters have any attachment for snape - why would he betray this trust? it seems more likely that dd was one of the few - the only? - friends snape had. if snape did kill DD, this *would* make it unbearably hard. losing him, and by his own hand too!
*the explanation for why dd trusted snape at the end is very flimsy. dd may give people second chances a bit too often, but it’s a stretch to imagine him grounding his faith on that. i think there’s something we don’t know.
*the story is told from a quasily-harry viewpoint. harry hates snape.
PLOT REASONS
*general out-of-characterness: dumbledore isn’t afraid of death. we know it’s an adventure for him… so why the pleading with Snape? - it’s a rather pathetic way to end for such a beloved character, and, honestly, quite unlike DD.
is dumbledore such a coward? Or does he beg so, because he’s not in fact pleading for *his* life, but for the lives of draco and harry, and for snape to continue as spy. (remember snape will die himself if he doesn’t follow through, due to the vow).
IMO, dumbledore is offering himself - already feeble, old, dying (?) or at least ill - for the greater good. snape doesn’t want to do it, but is compelled by dumbledore’s pleads. additionally, there could have been a furhter exchange b/w them - we don’t have the whole picture - as they are both legillemens.
*snape also seems to be acting a little out of character. if he was really so bad, had just turned on his pretended master dd, the man who he’d hoodwinked for ages, would he do it so summarily. we know what snape’s like: he likes to crow (see: lessons with harry). why say nothing? why not savour the triumph?
*spoiling the redemption plot.
it’s such a spanky thing to have in a book. a character who was bad, but went good and makes up for it by eg. risking his life in spying.
(or at least, a character who’s always been ambiguously grey). It would be far nicer to have him turn out good, rahter than direst-black traitor, mainly because of the satisfaction of a nice redemption. Being a regular bad bad guy makes snape so much less than the complex character he has always been.
*parallelism: remember how horrible harry feels when he is forcing dd to drink that liquid, and how firm dd was, and how he made him promise, etc - if dd had asked snape to kill him, perhaps this event was no coincidence, perhaps it’s intended so that later on, when harry discovers that snape was working FOR dd all along, harry can better understand what snape went through and why.
this, while not evidence, does fit in very neatly indeed with the idea that dd was asking snape to kill him.
Personal opinions
*it was my view, and impression from what jkr has said, that while snape is a nasty, unpleasant sort of character, he is not evil.
*in some of the movies, eg, the third one, you see snape protecting the young wizardlings, placing himself b/w them and werewolf-lupin, for example. would dumbledore have been so suspicious if he let the werewolf conveniently kill harry et al? was it necessary for snape’s supposed ‘cover’? I think not. I don’t think there was a ‘cover’ at all, and he was loyal to DD.
May 7, 2006
Hey guys, just thought id say, check out www.dumbledorisnotdead.com. it convinced me! Their theory is pure genius. I wont go into the details, but yeah, go there its great!
May 14, 2006
I agree with the general belief that DD was right to trust Snape. My theory is that DD’s unstinting trust in Snape may be due to another unbreakable vow. Maybe DD made Snape take the same vow to protect Harry when his parents were killed. Which places Snape in the strange position of having to protect both Harry and Malfoy. The explanation for DD’s constant trust in Snape was, I agree, fairly weak, so it makes sense to me that the real reason must be based on something far more substantial, such as an unbreakable vow.
May 24, 2006
Dumbledore has to be dead, the mentor always dies in good stories. The 7th book will be better if harry has to figure out all the horcruxes himself(with a little help from friends and dumbledore pictures) instead of dumbledore finding them all and helping harry destroy them. But, Snape being good fits in perfect with the plot line, dumbledore being alive doesn’t.
May 28, 2006
This has little to nothing to do with the Snape theory…but I was wondering…can magic be transported through blood? For when Dumbledore had cut himself and spread blood on the stone wall to open the entranceway, (book six) Harry also had to when they were leaving. I was wondering if Harry could have received some of Dumbledore’s powers, thoughts, or knowledge through blood transfusion. It could be that Dumbledore will partially exist in Harry. I don’t know. Just a thought.
May 29, 2006
Jk is supposed to have said that a non-magical person will perform magic in book seven, but not petunia. please give suggestions!
they could be:
dudley
vernon
filch
June 4, 2006
i dnt know whether someone else has sed this so sry if i am repeatin it but i read that jk rowling said something about the fact that harrys eyes are his mothers is important. what if snape rly did love lily but is ordered to kill harry, only he cant because everytime he looks into harrys eyes he sees lily, the woman he loved. this is the turning piont for snape to help harry in the quest 4 destroyin voldemort
June 6, 2006
I want to know what dumbledore saw while drinking the potion more than i want to know who R.A.B. is.
June 11, 2006
hey theres one thing i dint get . maybe soemone wud have mentioned it here earlier on, but i havent read the entire discussion so i dont no …well teh thing is that now we no that snape was always on voldemort’s side , rite? so why , in book 5 , wen harry and the gang set off for teh ministry .. did old snivelly go and warn teh order. i meen he must hav nown abt the whole plan and he shud , technically , have left them at the mercy of the death eaters.. who wud have dealt with them and finished them off nice and clean , leaving the path clear for voldemort fianlly getting to hear that wretched prophecy!! im so confused? does anyone have any ideas?
June 15, 2006
Just a note of evidence on the Dumbledore dead/alive debate… after his “death” he appears in a painting amongst the other deceased headmasters in his old office…Whether he comes back to life again or not it is a telling sign that at that time he was definitely dead.
June 18, 2006
I know alot of people seem to think that Harry hinslef is a Horocrux. But there are some MAJOR problems witht this theory… In the 1st place why would Voldemort make Harry a Horocrux KNOWING That Harry was his equal…and having intentions to kill him? He went to the Potters that Night to KILL them…And indeed he probably made a Horocrux that night…but i doubt it was Harry…He aimed his wand at harry to kill him…didnt work…but Voldemort was hit by it instead…He was weak…I doubt he was strong enough to make another after he tried killing Harry….But look at the name of where the Potters were living…Godric hallow….THAT has something to do with the Horocrux…Something of Gryffindor most likiley resided in thier house…I believe that the Potters were related to Godric himself…therefore they had something most likley of Godric’s with them…and in the 6th book Dumbledore emphasizes how important it is that Voldemort would steal things……as we know he kills for riches…t(he locket, and ring)….no…I may be wrong…but I dont think J.K would kill off Harry…, It does not add up if you look at the evidence….Ron is most likely to die, probably at the hands of Bellatrix…as dipicted in HPSS…the chess game…was not any chess game..it was a very good job of foreshadowing the future….Please right back and tell me what you think….am I wrong…or do you see my point?
June 24, 2006
J.K. said that harry wasn’t related to godric gryffindor.
June 25, 2006
Really?? Err.. I didnt hear that..do you know where you can give me that info..I mean I know she said that DD is not related to Godric…
June 28, 2006
lisa, i totally agree, ur points arewhat i have failed to point out to people.
June 28, 2006
jk said two people will die in book seven. I’ll bet it’s harry, Mcgonnagal, voldy, or snape
July 2, 2006
It was in an interview of J.K.’s, she said that harry was not the last remaining decendent of godric gryffindors, I forgot where I found the interview at though.
July 2, 2006
did jk say that just 2 people would die, or 2 important people would die and some less important people would die?
July 6, 2006
Severus Snape did perform the Avada Kedavra curse on Albus Dumbledore.
Evidence to suggest this:
1) A jet of green light came out of the wand. This could not be Expelliarmus or another spell unless this spell did have a flash of green light. Expelliarmus has a flash of red light. The only spell known to have a green light is Avada Kedavra. These are the words Snape said so it must be the curse.
2) I do not think it is possible in the books to say one spell and do another.
Saying this, I tink that the blasting away of Dumbledore when cursed was due to his horcrux: fawkes. There has always been an unreal connection between Dumbledore and Fawkes. Also, Albus is excessively old, perhaps he has a philosophers stone with his work on Alchemy with Flamel. Either way I think Dumbledore will die eventually after helping Harry.
July 10, 2006
to fish: i just read 2 people, i dont know if they’re important
i also agree that dumbledore is definitely dead, because if snape had not killed dd for malfoy, the vow would be broken, and he’d be dead, unless there was a loophole, which i doubt.
July 10, 2006
Snape did kill Dumbledore but in the end i think he will kill Lord Voldemort
July 13, 2006
I want to believe that Snape is as good as I say he is to all my canon-reading only friends, but I’m really just not that convinced he is purely good.
He’s good enough for me to trust that he is on the side of Dumble’s Army, yet I know that he must have some ulterior motive as he despises harry and was a member of Slytherin.
I think though, given the choice between Malfoy Sr. and Snape, I’d choose Snape. Though that may be my folly in the end.
July 16, 2006
it is clear that jk loves snape and knows he is good, because in an interview i recently read, she said that her favorite character in the order is well known, but we have’nt met him properly. this is obvious that is is snape, because he will be different but a good guy.
when asked who she would least like to be stranded on an island with, she replied lockhart, vernon, and umbridge, but never the person who “murdered’ the greatest wizard that ever lived, snape? HA! TOUCHEE! but seriously, look at it. ive got a point and i thank the people who stand beside me. yeuhh.
July 16, 2006
The Dark Lord has hid his horcruxes in places that have something in common with himself. He hid Marvolo’s Ring in the Gaunt House; he hid Slytherin’s Locket in the cave where he totured the two young children.
I am in the belief that Regulus Black has destroyed the Locket and that it is probably in the possesion of Kreacher, Mundungus or, otherwise somewhere in
“The Ancient and Moste Noble House of Black”. The Diary and The Ring have been destroyed, which leaves Hufflepuff’s Cup, and the other unknown horcrux, as well as the snake. I think Harry will find the snake when he and The Dark Lord meet for their final confrontation, because The Dark Lord likes to keep Nagini close. The other two are more of a problem. I have a suspicion that The Dark Lord having been at Hogwart’s and found the Chamber of Secrets would have no problem in finding the Room of Requirement. The advantage of hiding a horcrux here would be that it would not leave any unordinary sign of magical concealment, because of all the other magically concealed objects within it. I think that it would appeal to The Dark Lord to hide a horcrux in the Room of Requirement because Hogwart’s is the place he loved the most and it is ready made for a hiding place. The only problem would be how to get his Horcrux to the Room of Requirement if he had already left school. My suggestion is that as Dumbledore’s office is on the seventh floor it would be easy to nip into the room on the way in or out and hide his valuable.
I suspect that he has hid a horcrux in the Room of Requirement, considering the description used as harry entered the Cathederal like hiding place. “The contents shimmered evilly”, “Heavy blood stained axe”, “Dead six legged creature” and “Rusting Swords”. These are not exact quotes; I am merely recording them from memory. And I am not suggesting that any of them are horcruxes, just that there could be a horcrux in the room.
July 16, 2006
I am one of The Dark Lord’s most faithful Death Eaters. He trusts me more than any other of his followers. He thinks of me as a friend. I will and have killed for him. However, if push comes to shove, I will slay him and take over his throne. Ha, Ha. I am most evil and have 81 Horcruxes.
July 25, 2006
The Dark Lord has hid his horcruxes in places that have something in common with himself. He hid Marvolo’s Ring in the Gaunt House; he hid Slytherin’s Locket in the cave where he totured the two young children.
I am in the belief that Regulus Black has destroyed the Locket and that it is probably in the possesion of Kreacher, Mundungus or, otherwise somewhere in
“The Ancient and Moste Noble House of Black”. The Diary and The Ring have been destroyed, which leaves Hufflepuff’s Cup, and the other unknown horcrux, as well as the snake. I think Harry will find the snake when he and The Dark Lord meet for their final confrontation, because The Dark Lord likes to keep Nagini close. The other two are more of a problem. I have a suspicion that The Dark Lord having been at Hogwart’s and found the Chamber of Secrets would have no problem in finding the Room of Requirement. The advantage of hiding a horcrux here would be that it would not leave any unordinary sign of magical concealment, because of all the other magically concealed objects within it. I think that it would appeal to The Dark Lord to hide a horcrux in the Room of Requirement because Hogwart’s is the place he loved the most and it is ready made for a hiding place. The only problem would be how to get his Horcrux to the Room of Requirement if he had already left school. My suggestion is that as Dumbledore’s office is on the seventh floor it would be easy to nip into the room on the way in or out and hide his valuable.
I suspect that he has hid a horcrux in the Room of Requirement, considering the description used as harry entered the Cathederal like hiding place. “The contents shimmered evilly”, “Heavy blood stained axe”, “Dead six legged creature” and “Rusting Swords”. These are not exact quotes; I am merely recording them from memory. And I am not suggesting that any of them are horcruxes, just that there could be a horcrux in the room.
July 28, 2006
Another piece of evidence to support the idea that Snape is working for Dumbledore and hence, dumbledore is still alive:
Snape stops teaching Harry Occlumency because he was angry at Harry looking into the pensieve at his memories. Or did he? Perhaps Snape stopped Harry because Snape was aware of Voldermort and Harry’s connection. He subsequently realised that if Harry looked into the pensieve and saw that Snape was really working for Dumbledore then Voldermort may have seen it also and Snapes cover would have been blown. We also are reminded consatntly of how good a Occlumens Snape was reinforcing the idea he was tricking Lord Voldermort.
Wat Dya Rekon, Long shot or something else?
July 28, 2006
And in response to number 94, maybe one of the horcuxes is stored in the orphanage where Tom Riddle was brought up?
July 28, 2006
I can see where people are coming from when they say that Dumbledore somehow was the author of the note in the locket (R.A.B) However thsi then leads me to the conclusion that why would Dumbledore want to pretend to be dead. If it is to trick Voldermort so he can kil him, doesn’t Harry have to kill him. Also If voldermort does believe it he will think Harry and evryone is is more vulnerable pushing him into killing more innocent people including Harry, which Dumbledore would not surely want. Or would he? maybe he is luring Voldermort to Harry, confident that Harry will kill him as Dumbledore has already destroyed the other Horcuxes or one of dumbledores accomplices yet to be revealed, maybe his brother?
July 28, 2006
Responses to my quotes are extremely welcome.
July 28, 2006
Furthermore on the orphanage idea maybe R.A.B somehow stands for one of the people from the orphange mentionned, Mrs Cole? thoguh this seems farfetched, but what about one of the children that Riddle took to the cave, they would know where it was. Amy Benson and Dennis Bishop, Amy Benson fits 2 of the initials. R could stand for something else like “real” . I’m sorry if im repeating whats already said but have not looke throgh all 90 odd of the quotes so far
August 1, 2006
Yes i agree with that antony fellow, however some of his ideas, I feel are flawed. Why would some one sign their initals ‘Real [Amy Benson]’ for example?
August 2, 2006
IN response to #99 i suggested “real” as no-one knew she was a witch, however now saying this does make it sound very unlikely indeed, i apologise
August 4, 2006
Time to kill the idea that Dumbledore is still alive. In an interview last week Rowling said definitively that Dumbledore is dead, and that she is sorry to have ruined the formidable research put forth by dumbledoreisnotdead.com. A fuller account of the interview can be seen at mugglenet.com on the main news page. I was also wondering if any of y’all have read any of my theories from the original Half-Blood Prince page on this site, or any of the other ones there, because many loose ends were left open if you guys are willing to open up some old subjects.
August 5, 2006
I’m willing, any subject someone please bring one up.
August 5, 2006
here’s one: Antony you’ve got way too much time on your hands. I totally agree with you on some of your ideas, though. You know what your talking about.
August 5, 2006
One more thing: PLEASE, anyone who thinks that Harry will die, DON’T BELIEVE IT! JK has given too many clues in her books and interviews for it to be true. She just wants to scare us, and it’s WORKING! So many articles have been written about her plot to kill him that it cant be true. Even Daniel Radcliffe thinks Harry will die. DON’T BELIEVE ANYTHING!! PLEASE!!
August 6, 2006
Lol, i know mate. With the “harry-dead thing” maybe JK is pulling a double bluff with all these hints and Harry will die. After all, i know she fooled a lot of people with Snape, including me. However, the triple bluff may still be on, lol
August 7, 2006
I really need some one to help me with this. The Harry Potter Goblet Of Fire Teaser on itunes or wherever else you may have seen it, when they do the photo montage of Harry, Ron and Hermione, growing up throughout the four movies, what song is playing in the background?
August 8, 2006
I have three food for thought questions:
1. How will Harry and Voldemort be able to fight each other if their wands refuse to fight, and link together again, like in the Goblet of Fire?
2. Is Neville buying the last wand that Ollivander sold important? (Also, since this is the first wand Neville has gotten for himself, instead of his dad’s old wand, will he show a drastic improvement in his jinxing ability)
3. With Dumbledore being the secret keeper for the order, what happens now that he IS dead?
August 8, 2006
Ok, new subject. There are hints that Voldermort and Dumbledore had a relationship deeper than student and teacher. For example Dumbledore’s assertion that he taught Riddle and thus knew his style. What teacher has that intimate knowledge of their students skills? Going with this theory it seems possible that Dumbledore’s seeming remorse when drinking the green potion may have been a recounting of horrible memory (the basin holding the potion was described similarly to the pensieve, a memory capturing device). Maybe he sees some of Voldermort’s actions as his fault, either due to lack of attention in the teaching process, or maybe the wrong kind of attention. And thusly the later atrocities of Voldermort may have been recounted through the potion causing Dumbledore to admit they were ‘My fault”.
August 11, 2006
anyone think that harry and ron should get it on? and to stay on topic who thinks rowling should throw dumbledore in the mix for a bit of homosexual rivalry and banter. could make a good alternative to the novels’ fairly flat romantic baffle. no jargon when replying please. dont knock the idea…wouldnt want to look homophobic now would we?
August 11, 2006
apologies i mean throw snape in there
August 11, 2006
i choose snape as the third man….i see myself in him..except i am blonde and i dont know if he is homosexual too…yet Alan Rickman does portray a slight tinge of the ‘dark side’ if you get what i mean ;-). I’d say by a few of his tendancies that hes a fairly camp kind of guy really…that severus snape.
August 11, 2006
furthermore…to carry on with my idea…i can see harry and ron’s relationship becoming stronger, as the danger of one of the two’s inevitable death looms closer. If Ron were to die then Rowling could express Harry’s emotions of yet another loss of a loved one with her unique style. This would, i feel, make for a suberb read on the weakening storyline. Rowling seriously needs something that will be an eye-opener…something i havnt experienced since the 4th installment of the series.
And to add to this…the whole snape vs harry thing could be boosted into a new dimension. It would be hard for Rowling to persuade the reader that suddenly snape is gay too. But possibly he could be hit with a curse….or better still this could be a curse from voldermort upon snape for tricking him (i want to see that this whole dumbledore death malarky will turn into something more positive; as the vibes from the 6th book left me unconvinced), and infact siding with Harry.
Then, with this Rowling will provide an underlying message…Voldermort is the homophobe…and the trio of harry snape and ron are the gay rights movement….with voldemort falling to his peril, firstly, because he killed Harry’s folks and many others…and secondly, because he cursed Snape because he thought being gay was a bad thing. I’m open to and comments. Remember what i said about homophobes.
August 11, 2006
dont just think this is some willy nilly joke ive put time and effort in whilst sharing my thoughts with you guys…just trying to shed some light on possible, if not a little far-fethched alternatives
August 19, 2006
I think that Snape is really good.
Consider this: When snape made his unbreakable vow, he swore to do what Malfoy had set out to do if Malfoy couldn’t perform it. Ron mentions later that if it is not performed, the swearer will die. I tend to think, however, that an unbreakable vow is unbreakable for a certain reason. When Snape ran in to protect Malfoy, he killed DD but not willingly. The fact that he had made the vow forced him to. This idea is furthered in the fact that when a death eater tried to kill Harry, Snape stopped him. The killing of DD was reserved for Malfoy, so why would Snape disobey one of the Dark Lord’s order but make sure that Harry was not killed? Certainly both DD and Harry rank similarly on the list of whom Voldemort wants killed. In addition, Snape takes serious offense when Harry calls him a coward. If Snape really had just killed DD because he was evil, he woud not have cared in the slightest what Harry thought. The fact that he was so upset shows us that he is clearly connected to DD in a positive (not evil) way.
August 21, 2006
maybe….. just maybe…
Petunia didn’t hate lily at all…. maybe she never wants to talk about her because it pains her to remember. vernon hates them because he thinks Petunia does. He even confessed he had never even seen the potters before they died. Maybe Petunia only insults Lily to hide her grief and change the subject.
August 21, 2006
I’m sorry but I can’t believe that Snape is bad. The second Dumbledore consented to give Snape the Defense against the dark arts post he knew that Snape would be gone the next year (having confided to Harry himself that the post was cursed). Odds are that Dumbledore had the plan formulated from the beginning and understood that his death would lead to Snape’s leaving and made his decision for who to put in the Defense post much easier.
August 29, 2006
Ok, no, if J.K. put queers in harry potter then I ain’t gonna read it, she should just keep everybody straight.
August 29, 2006
Let’s stop with the homophobic stuff right now. Snape is never going to become gay. We’re on the last book of the series, something big like this wouldn’t happen.
I’m open to wild theories but I don’t want this to turn into a gay rights thread since it clearly has nothing to do with the series.
August 29, 2006
Snape is esessentially good.
I think that Snape killed DD on DD’s orders, hence the augument in the forest. I’m sure that from the look of repulsion on his face just before he killed DD, Snape had to really hate DD or the spell would not work. Note Belltrix at the end of the Order of the Pheonix. ‘You have to really mean it, righteous anger won’t do it’.
Snape’s background in the the dark arts is more than a match for the Dark Lord. I’m quite sure that he has a few made up spells up his sleve that on one knows about. What he needs, is for Harry to distract the Dark Lord and get him off his guard believing all his death eaters to be on his side. I think that Snape will keep the death eaters off Harry’s back and the rest of the Order will keep back the giants, werewolves etc. I somehow think that Voldemort will wind up having the Dementors kiss in the end. DD always said that there were much worse things than dying!
Remember when Harry looked into the Pensive and Snape was more than a little upset? Perhaps he thought Harry had seen the evidence of his and DD’s future plans in there, even though he had not known what Harry had seen.
Snape has also had ample oppotunity to kill Harry at every turn. Could it be that that he took an unbreakable vow to save Harry’s life? Is that why DD trusted him so?
Any other thoughts?
August 30, 2006
I think that would be a superb ending, and it also enlightnes me to the fact how much pressure JKR is gunna be under, bludy hell! Any thoughts on who will die in the final book, i have a strong feeling Snape will but by saving Harry.
Has anyone ever fought that maybe Snape is on neither side and is playing them off against each other for his own personal good.???
August 31, 2006
Hi! I had just stumbled upon this site and read a lot. my eyes are buggy right now. So, I don’t have a theory, but I agree with the planning of DD’s death and Snape being good. However, even though I love Snape, we do have to remember that when least expected he turns on us.
Let’s just face it…Snape’s a schitzo. C’mon! There’s no other explanation. hahaha just kidding.. But it would be funny.
Or (I’m just being silly now) what if Hagrid has really been a spy for Voldy all along!? lol.
It would explain why Lucius hates him so much. “Why would such a large dummy work with Moldy Voldy?”
I swear I’m not usually this odd. I had no sleep and read HP all day.
Anyways, I told my friends this one time… It’s unimportant and again, very silly, but I thought it was funny. I used it to stop their arguments about Harry VS. Voldy.
Ok so what if (please remember I have had no sleep and am just amusing myself) Harry has multiple personality and he wakes up at the end of book 7 in an insane asylum. The whole book was a hoax! It was all just a joke. Hence Rowling’s initials: J.K stands for Just kidding.
ok I’m done being rediculous now.
September 3, 2006
We’re just a college football season and a few months away from book 7. Be happy.
September 5, 2006
It is very interesting to read all these theories. Here are mine.
First, I do not believe that Dumbledore is dead but he did need to seem gone so that V will be confident to come out of hiding. D. “is the only one that V has ever feared.” Harry will also be forced to come into his own. As someone else stated with D gone Harry will have to stand on his own.
Second, there is more to Snape and his part in the ending of this story. I believe that there is more to the reason that D trusted him. I believe that S’s interest in the Dark Arts is because he desires to be such a great Wizard that he beats it. What a great reprieave that he, a lowly mud blood beat the greatest dark wizard that ever lived! Maybe this is part of his distaste for Harry, Snape has worked so hard to learn his craft and Harry just steps in and gets so much notice for doing so little. In the end I believe that Snape will help Harry to overcome V and he will die a hero and vindicated!
September 7, 2006
Dumbledore is dead, fact. However, tammy, i really like ur idea on Snape and i can see that happening, him dyin in helping Harry defeat Voldermort and that , that is why he hated Harry at first becoz all his hard work to beat Voldermort and Harry had done it as a baby.
September 10, 2006
Hi guyz this is a bit off the topic which is being currently discussed but i really really wanted to add this up….nowhere in the prophecy its mentioned that Harry has to kill Voldy! It just states that ” one cannot live while the other survives”. So guys it may be possible that Harry doesn’t kill Voldy after all but Snape does. And I personally think that Snape would kill Voldy. As Snape would not allow Harry to kill as 1 has to be evil enough to even utter the curses. About Draco …….yup even I felt a twinge of pity. All along these 5 years he wanted to be in the league of his dad and his DE pals but in 6 th year he really saw what it took to kill a person…….He will come on to Harry’s side ………I think!!
September 11, 2006
i wonder what happens to the malfoys at the end of book 7?
September 13, 2006
maybe snape really is good. he could have double crossed voldemort by planning to kill dumbledore but then having himself and dumbledore take polyjuice potion and sacrifice his life. it does say in g.o.f that if you have taken polyjuice potion and then die you will not change back to your natural self. but that dosnt really explain why the death eaters are there and stuff. but if wat i think is true that means voldemort thinks dumbledore is dead but he isnt really.
October 5, 2006
A few things ….
1.) Harry is NOT a Horcurx as Voldemort would not place a piece of his precious soul inside something that has its own mind and free will….even Dumbledore says its unlikely LV would use a human as a Horcurx….and LV keeps trying to kill Harry remember??!! Why would he try and kill off a part of his own soul that he has worked so hard to keep alive and immortal! Think about it….
2.) The sorting hat is NOT a horcurx as JK Rowling has hinted in an interview that it is not….why would Dumbledore allow the hat to be placed upon the head of hundreds of children over the years if it contained a part of LV??!! JK Rowling would not write something so sadistic….Harry Potter was always written to appeal to children as well as adults.
3.) Snape is likely to be neither good nor bad….he serves himself and pleases his own interests. I think ultimatley he has always been working for Dumbledore, and the reason why DD trusts him is that he made snape take an Unbreakable Vow when he crossed over from the dark side, and DD knows the consequences of breaking such a powerful vow. Also, Snape has been a spy & pretending to be on LV’s side becasue he loves the power trip and control
it gives him as he plays off the two greatest wizards of his time. Snape was never good enough in his youth…he was never popular, never got the girl, wasn’t that bright (except at potions)….and now look at him….he is relishing in it! Like I say, he’s not good or bad….he’s just Snape.
October 20, 2006
I feel obligated to point this out for what seems like the hundrenth time. On mugglenet.com, debunked rumors, JKR says for certain that DUMBLEDORE IS DEAD. She even apologizes to the staff at dumbledoreisnotdead.com for ruining the point of their website. Can we please stop with the Dumbledore is alive theories. Your wrong. Period.
October 25, 2006
Ahem… I think that Snape really is the good guy, he only killed dumbldore because they had a previous arangement? I think this because in HPatHBP when proffessor flitwick goes to get snape snape could have just killed flitwick along with hermione and luna also… when snape is runnig away from the castle with malfoy and death eaters and he fights harry he would have killed harry, he said it was voldemort’s orders to leave him alone yet another death eater used the cruciatas(bad spelling i know) curse on him and snape stopped him…. Thankyou
P.S. Voldemort or vol de mort means flight of death in french
October 25, 2006
Sorry about this but i forgot earlier… i also think dumbledore should have been a bad guy cos in book 4 dumbledore smiles when harry tells him about the blood thing. Might/Probably will be wrong but it would be a cool plot twist. Also harry could be a horcrux because if you notice voldemort hasn’t tried to kill him for a while… maybe he didnt realise it had happened. Just a thought
November 2, 2006
i dont think polyjuice potion had anything to do with the dumbledore death scene. That’s so….fake. And kind of a stupid way to end a book. I bet J.K is finally done with polyjuice potion altogether.
November 8, 2006
I wonder if Snape used a spell without actually saying it that was used instead of Avada Kedavra, just a thought
November 8, 2006
Also it’s possible that Snape loved Lilly, so after he found out that Voldemort had killed the Potters, he felt so much regret about telling Voldy of the Prophecy that he converted to Dumbledore’s side (since Snape didn’t know who the Prophecy was referring to, thereby not knowing that it was the Potters whom Voldemort would kill)
November 30, 2006
The big thing is that in the fight at the end of the sixth book between harry and snape, snape is still trying to give harry peices of advice. He wants harry to know how to kill voldemort. This seems to indicate that he is still good. I think the death of dumbledore was planned. Why else did he teach harry all the stuff with the memories. He all year he was being given the tools to carry on without dumbledores help.
Also I know its a bit out of date and probably been discussed before but the stuff about harry’s perants can’t be quite right. It sems to indicate that lily was standing in front of harry when voldemort killedher and so do his dreams from the first book. But the thestrls hat pull the school carriages can only be seen by someone who has seen death. I flily was infrnt of him, he would have her die but he couldn’t see hem until he saw wormtail kill cedric. Even then he had his eyes closed. I don’t know if any of this is important. I’m sure it is’t but I thought I’d write it any way.
You are all assuming that tis is all a big conspiracy theory and everything adds up. I’m sure a lot of it does but as someone said before, this is also being written to little kids and while you can never underestimate the imagination of a child, I don;t beive that i would be possible to have all theses grand master plots. Also i would like to add, Dumbledore is DEAD end of story, or fawks would not have made the tomb and the you are all STARK RAVING AND TOTALLY MAD.
December 10, 2006
why wont dumbldore tell harry about his injured hand?
December 13, 2006
dan, he got that when he acquired the ring which is a Horcrux. I think he told harry that near the end of the book (which i hope you have already read so i didn’t spoil anything!)
December 14, 2006
About the whole why cant harry see the thestrals even though he saw his mum die, in his memories about this mum dying, doesn’t he say that there was a “blinding green light”? Blinding, he is blinded, he can’t see Lily’s death. I have a lot more to say, sorry, but i have just read all 136 quotes and my eyes are a little dead.
December 15, 2006
wait…… harry can see thestrals
December 16, 2006
he saw cedric diggory die..
December 17, 2006
J.K. Rowling said on her website that the reason Harry couldn’t see thestrals until his 5th year was because she didn’t want to introduce somethin new like that until the beginning of a new book.
December 23, 2006
First on Dumbledore made a Horcrux for himself is not correct. I take this straight from the book - you have to kill to make a Horcrux like Voldemort did. DD would never have done this and also he view death as the next big adventure.
Harry has the power to love which is something that Voldemort knows not. Voldemort could not bear the pain of the connection when he tried to take him over. That was because of Harry’s love and because of the love of his mother in his blood. Harry cannot throw intentional unforgivable curses because it really is not in him even though at times he wants to. I do not think Harry will kill Voldy in a duel because the have equal wand cores that will not allow it. I do not think Harry will use an unforgivale curse to kill Voldy because really deep down Harry is a white wizard as Voldy is a dark one.
I feel in book 7 he must leave the school - if this is the last book then he does not have time for schools, tests, homework, find 4 Horcruxs and kill Voldemort in one book. If he stayed at school, this could stretch into 2 or 3 more books.
I think he will find all the Horcruxs of Voldemort on his quest with his friends and promptly destroy the Horcurxs. This is a “cutting the many heads of the beast leaving just the one.”
I think that he will master blocking out minds of others and masters keeping his mouth shut when in a fight and throwing curses with his mind. He will grow up quickly in most assuredly in the dangerous quests for the Horcruxes - look at the danger of just the one that was in the cave or the bastlist in the chamber of secrets.
I do believe that Snape is really on the side of good as good as he can be but not becauses he loves Lily Potter. Lily stood up for him and he did call her a filty Mugblood but that was to save face. He was a boy getting rescued by a girl …. I do think that because she was kind to him that deep down he felt something for her like a debt in a way - he knew that she had stood up for him when no one else would. That leaves a soft spot in your heart even if you admit it to know one.
If you noticed when Harry was beat up by Malfoy and left on the train and Snape came to get him that they said nothing for minutes going back to the school. First, Snape could read all the hateful thoughts in Harry’s head and could see with his own eyes that Harry was covered in blood. He got pissed at Harry and gave him a what for over it. You will also notice in the early movie when he asks what 3 young griffindors are doing inside on a day like today and he meets Harry’s scathing looks he looks taken aback.
I think he does not Hate Harry but I think Harry and Snape just piss each other off and Snape postures meanly toward him because each conflict a little more is said and done.
I do think Snape is the Half Blood Prince - he could have gotten the book as used and then wrote in it his notations - it did not have to be a new book when Snape had it either to fit the timeline.
I think Harry and Snape will stop at some point will stop this battle of wills and cease fire. I think they even could reach a point that they do not throw arrows at each other and work together. I do not think they will be best buds but I do think in the end they will have each others backs once they let their egos deflate.
I do think that they need Snape to get in close to Voldemorts turf, Snape can fight the death eatters better that the kids but it will be Harry that takes out Voldy.
This is pure guess on my part but since Harry is becoming less afraid of death especially with Book 6 - I think he will try to merge with Voldy and not let go. I think if he held on long enough that it would kill him because Voldy cannot stand the love in Harry and cannot possess him without pain. Pain at a certain level if Harry would not release him - I think it probably would kill both of them.
Just a thought.
December 23, 2006
Forgot to mention the last word “Scar” - Harry’s body will be layin there and the scar will disappear before their eyes since Voldy is trully going to die.
Dumbledore is dead because he was sick and ill and he wants Severus in close to help Harry take out the worst evil the wizard world has ever know. It was an easy sacarfice for a wizard that feels death is the next big quest.
Remember the phoenix did not come to his aid - I bet it was because Dumbledore did not want him to and he put Harry in a body bind to keep him from interfering.
December 23, 2006
Almost forgot this one - RAB said to the Dark Lord got your Horcrux and will be dead by the time you read this. Well, the drink is leathal - RAB knew it and so did Dumbledore and I would speculate it probably kills you very slowly and painfully - that is why Dumbledore was okay with going out quick instead of suffering.
December 28, 2006
I believe Snape is good and that he and Harry will end up working together in the seventh book. Think about it– if Harry doesn’t go back to Hogwarts for his seventh (and final) year of formal education, he will NOT be a fully trained or qualified wizard. In reality, he’ll be nothing more than a high school dropout, and NO WAY will he be able to track down and destroy the horcruces without help from a powerful wizard who is fully versed in the study of the dark arts and how to deal with them. Snape has