A detailed analysis of Snape's hatred of Harry (S.N.O.T.)

[isiscolo <ilana@windom.netrack.net>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49062

<dianasdolls at y...> wrote:

[major, major snippage]

> Snape's view of events, then Snape is denied settling the
life-debt 
> he owes to James by saving Harry and is being dismissed, again, by 
> Dumbledore as Snape feels Dumbledore dismissed Black's prank to 
> murder him many years ago.  Snape can't claim he saved
Harry's 
life 
> by muttering a counter-curse to Quirrell's attempt to kill
Harry at 
> the Quidditch match in PS/SS because Quirrell stopped jinxing the 
> broom before Hermione interrupted Snape's counter-curse by
setting 
> his cape on fire.  

[snippety snip]
 
> James, then Harry ¡V in some future book.  If Harry were to ever 
save 
> Snape's life, no matter how accidentally, I imagine poor Snape 
would 
> probably have an apoplectic fit to rival the Big Bang.  ;)

It seems to me that one of two things is being set up to happen
in a future (probably last) book.  Either Harry will save Snape's
life, or Snape will give his life to save Harry's, or both will
happen in that order.  Oops, that's three things.

I see this as separate from any Snape-redemption, which is a
sort of slow but constant process as Harry matures.  What we
see of Snape is through Harry's eyes, and the "redemption" is
partly (maybe mostly) the transformation of Snape in Harry's
view, not in an objective sense.  After all, Dumbledore already
trusts Snape, and we know (or think we do) that he is on the 
side of good, now.  It's just that Harry doesn't, partly because
Snape's, well, a Nasty Obnoxious Twit.

I.