Okay, here's the deal: I finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince about two hours ago. Very overwhelming and unbelievable, that book was.
SPOILER ALERT! IF YOU HAVE NOT READ HBP ALL THE WAY THROUGH, DO NOT READ BEYOND THIS POINT
I warned you...
Snape killed Dumbledore. Anyone reading this ought to know why. He made an Unbreakable Vow to Narcissa Malfoy that he would look after her son, no matter what.
What is really pissing me off is that PEOPLE ARE IGNORING THIS. They act as though Snape heartlessly killed Dumbledore for no reason except because he WANTED to kill him, and wouldn't let anyone else.
It was originally Draco's job to kill Dumbledore, something speculated by some DEs that was payback for Lucius screwing up at the Ministry in OotP and with Tom's diary in CoS.
Narcissa was worried: she knew Draco would not be able to do it. Voldemort threatened Draco and his parents with death if Draco did not follow his orders. So, "Cissy", as Bellatrix "Bella" calls her sister, went to Severus, since he was Draco's favorite and closest teacher. He Unbreakable-y Vow-ed to watch over Draco, no matter what, and to fulfill Draco's duties if need be.
Which is exactly what Snape did. Draco could not/would not kill Dumbledore, and, in order to prevent Voldemort from killing the Malfoys and to prevent his own death ( he'd've died if he had broken the vow ), Snape killed Dumbledore.
Okay people, think about it. Dumbledore would've died anyway, just at the hands of some other DE and the Malfoys AND Snape would've died. So, what's better, one person who was going to die anyway or five people, four of which would've had the chance to survive?
Plus, Dumbledore told Harry that he ( Dumbledore ) valued Harry's life above his own ( of course, this could be because Harry is the only one who can defeat Voldemort; although Dumbledore seems to have shown this same affection to any youth ). Snape may have felt that Dumbledore would've preferred Malfoy and his mother to live, even if it meant he himself died.
Not to mention that Dumbledore knew all along what Draco was up to, and didn't interfere because he didn't want to accidentely get Draco killed by Voldemort.
HOWEVER, I'm not saying this excuses Snape completely. He betrayed the person who helped him the most.
( Although Dumbledore may have been pleading for Snape to not blow his cover. Dumbledore seemed to know he was going to die anyway. )
From now on, anyone who says that Snape should go to hell or something along those lines will be directed here.
[Ernie] Community Member 
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