It is unknown if Dumbledore would have escaped the curse if he had simply removed his hand from his body.Īlthough removing the curse from an infected individual was seemingly impossible, it could be removed from the host object if said artefact was damaged to a certain degree. Regardless of the methods of delaying the spread, there was no known way of removing or completely stopping this curse, though Snape claimed that he may have been able to do more to stop the curse had Dumbledore come to him more quickly. It was also the type of curse that would strengthen over time.

In the case of Dumbledore, this curse caused serious injury to his hand, causing it to look as if it had died, and would prove fatal in roughly one year. This curse would rapidly cause the death of anyone who came into contact with it, although in certain cases the spread of the curse could be slowed down by magical means. The ring is no longer a Horcrux.' - Albus Dumbledore explaining the effects of the curse However, a withered hand does not seem an unreasonable exchange for a seventh of Voldemort's soul. Had it not been - forgive me the lack of seemly modesty - for my own prodigious skill, and for Professor Snape's timely action when I returned to Hogwarts, desperately injured, I might not have lived to tell the tale. And a terrible curse there was upon it too. Pen, pencil, Copic markers and Photoshop.' The ring, Harry.

I don’t want to believe Snape’s an idiot. The longer he waits the less control over the situation Snape has.

Even if he couldn’t come up with a way to kill him and get away scott-free (of which there are many), (he ended up on the run in the end anyway), on the run is better then dead. It’s illogical, ill-advised, and just plain un-Slytherin to wait that long.

Snape has motive, opportunity and the know-how to kill Dumbledore multiple times, in multiple different ways long before Snape’s own life could be jeopardised. What’s a bug me is why would Snape wait to the last possible opportunity to kill Dumbledore before the vow clicks in and kills him? You’d think it would be pretty straight forward. I’ve had to justify my belief that while Snape killed Dumbledore, Dumbledore was in on it a lot but no one ever seems to ask people to prove that Snape is evil. For 's Contest 29- 'Snape kills Dumbledore'.

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