[grellis]

I'm still not convinced that Snape wasn't acting on DD's orders. When DD pleaded with him, all he said was "Severus...please." Not "Severus...NO!" DD must have known for a long time that Malfoy was intent, ordered, to kill him. DD said so, when he was talking to Malfoy. I think he wanted Snape to do it so that Malfoy would not be a murderer. I also think that Snape told him about the unbreakable vow. DD knew what was coming, and he knew whom it was coming from.

I began to suspect that Snape was the HBP early on, since he was so adept at potions. When Harry realized that his book was fifty years old, I was even more convinced of Snape, rather than put off. It was a second hand book. For some reason, that memory of Snape's from his childhood, when he was watching his parents argue, made me think that Snape had been brought up in poor, squalid conditions. A hand-me-down textbook fit him.

OY! Only time will tell, and we've got some waiting to do!!!

[grellis]

Man, are we on the same track!

[Bella_Bru]

Yeah, we are definitely thinking the same here.

Let's ge to the 7th book already so we can see how it plays out!

[Doohickey]

Dumbledore wanted Snape on the astronomy tower for a reason that had nothing to do with his being ill (as I was thinking at the time).