Snape, Sirius and the End of the Series(Long)

[linlou43]

No: HPFGUIDX 69819

  
 I(linlou)wrote:
 
> I know I would 
> > not be satisfied with a few lines in an epilogue chapter telling 
me 
> > that Snape went to live alone in the woods for ten years, found 
> > himself, and lived happily ever after. No matter what happens in 
> the 
> > next two books, Snape is going to need healing time and there 
just 
> > isn't going to be enough page space for us to share that with 
him. 

Marianne replied:
 
> You're absolutely right. Get over it.  I'm not satisfied 
with "Sirius 
> gets hit with a curse.  Goes through the veil."   But, that's my 
> problem. Again, it's not Snape's story. Whether he heals or not is 
> immaterial to the plots of "Harry Potter and the_______Whatever" 
> Books 6 and 7.
  
Me:

   I think you misunderstood my point. Resolving all of the issues 
of all the characters in the books is an impossibility. I was 
refering to the reader coming away from the story with the belief 
that from the character's POV, closure was achieved. For me that is 
a comfortable way to leave a character behind. If that is not the 
case for you, that's a preference of perception, personel 
involvement in the work and completely individual. That's not only 
your right, it is simply right for you. 
 
    I also think you may have misunderstood what my personal 
feelings are regarding Snape. I'm actually not in either camp. The 
post was written from a strictly neutral point of view.
    
Marianne wrote further:
 
> However, I came away from Sirius' 
> death with such a feeling of incompleteness that I fear the same 
fate 
> might await Snape.  He might simply be sacrificed for the story 
line.
> I'm not sure I understand your point here. Are you saying that, 
since 
> Sirius is a minor character in relation to Harry that his story 
would 
> be too complex to deal with within the confines of the books, so 
that 
> the only course JKR had was to kill him off?  I have to repeat my 
> comments from above - there was no real closure to Sirius' death.  
> Sure, it's convenient to get him off the stage. But, I don't see 
the 
> connection of how the death gives closure to Sirius' character.  
It 
> simply removes an active player from the board.  Why do you think 
> that Snape's ultimate fate will be any more detailed, or fit into 
a 
> nice, neat resolution?
  
Me:

   We have a difference of opinion on this matter. Sirius was 
prepared to die. He was prepared to die for the order during the 
first war and he was prepared to die this time around. The battle in 
the MOM was the first time in OOtP that Sirius did something on his 
own terms. He died on his feet, fighting a battle he believed in, 
and defending the one person he loved most in the world. I did not 
feel any kind of death bed speech necessary. Harry knew how much 
Sirius loved him. We knew how much Sirius loved Harry. I was 
comfortable with the death as it was written.
 
    I also want to say that no, I am not necessary looking for a 
nice, neat resolution-just a resolution. It doesn't have to be 
resolved the way I would want it to happen in order for me to be 
satisfied by the story.


 I hope that's a little clearer-linlou