Redemption of Anakin and other redemption stories (moved from Main)

[dumbledore11214]

> Carol:
> I see. I can't imagine him remaining a DE and not hating Harry, though. In fact, there'd have been no redemption story at all if he'd remained a DE. And wouldn't ceasing to hate Harry be a complete personality transformation? I think it would.

Alla:

One wise person once told me (in RL) that most people do not change or do not change drastically because it is too much work. And I agree with him completely. However that does not mean that I think that such change is not possible. No, I do not think Snape stop to hate Harry would necessarily be complete personality transformation.

I would not expect him to hug and kiss Harry or anything like that, just to acknowledge that I was wrong and you are not your father, Potter.

No, I cannot imagine him remaining a DE and not hating Harry either. What I meant was more like what happened to Anakin - to me his redemption from going to Dark side was implied. He never specifically says that I am so sorry that I blew up Naboo (sp?), doesn't he?

But to me when he chooses his son, he chooses what Luke stands for, the light, so if Snape was done the similar way, I would say that it would be more explicit redemption.

By the way, when I say that this kind of redemption would have worked for me, that again does not mean that I am unhappy with storyline that occured, quite the contrary, that storyline would have been much more unsettling for me and indeed would have caused me to go back and reevaluate. As it stands, as far as I am concerned at the end Snape was just as nasty as I always thought of him.

But whether I like or do not like the storyline or character, I would have been of course forced to say that yes, Snape for me is redeemed completely.

Carol:
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> Anyway, I understand and respect your feelings. It's just one of those points that we'll never agree on. 
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Alla:

Yes, no, we won't.