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

[sistermagpie]

> Carol responds:

> I see no reason why Snape, who worked hard and suffered much and was much more important to the good side than any of them, would not also be redeemed, having paid for his major sins, and now, perhaps with their gratitude and understanding, he can finally lose his bitterness and his grudges and become the man he could have been if only Lily had loved him and there had been no Voldemort.

Magpie:
But he didn't lose his grudges and bitterness, is my point. Sure we can imagine him any way we want in the afterlife, but that's something we do ourselves, not something in the story. I'm talking about his life here, not where he'd go in the afterlife. I would say Snape repentent for the things he repented in life as far as I can see. Sure he's not Voldemort--he never was. And he obviously has the ability to repent because he did repent certain things.

Carol:
> Carol, who suspects that pettiness in the classroom doesn't count in the afterlife, either, or not for much

Magpie:
As I said, I was just talking about Snape as a living person. But I don't know why pettiness in the classroom wouldn't count for much. If you spend your life making people unhappy in minor ways that's part of who you are. 

-m