Murder

In less than five short months, we all will be favored with Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows.



Snape killed Dumbledore at the end of The Half Blood Prince.*

Since, those who care have speculated and wondered, did Snape do it with malice in the service of V*******t, or did he do it at Dumbledore's instruction in some contigent emergency?

I declare that I believe that Snape is wicked and killed Dumbledore with malice.

I may be wrong.

Rowling is such a good storyteller that we all believe Dumbledore's acceptance of Snape's redemption, despite our own reservations and despite the reservations of every other character. We and they love the Headmaster so much that we will take him at his word. This is the genius of the storytelling, that we will accept the less viable option because of our devotion to the hero that we neglect the more basic evil in the room.

Dumbledore was wrong.

* I'm not worried about spoilers. If you haven't read it yet, then you don't care enough to regard this post.