Traitor yet again (Was: Third Man in the Graveyard?)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 86047

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "manawydan" <manawydan at n...> wrote:
<snip>
> At the beginning of the series, Harry and Snape start with a strong
dislike
> of each other, with Harry convinced that Snape is the bad guy.
> 
> Ever since, we've seen a process whereby Snape has been depicted as
one of
> the good guys: he's the one who abandoned the DEs and came over to
> Dumbledore's side, he's the one who's putting himself in danger now
for the
> cause.
> 
> I wonder, in a poll, how many of us would have Severus at the top of our
> list of favourite characters?

I would, for one.

> 
> Is all of this a hint that JKR _is_ lining him up to be the traitor
in the
> last book, at the point that Harry has finally come to trust him?
> 
> I'm not looking forward to it, but I've a nasty feeling that that
could well
> happen (thinking also about some of the remarks that JKR has made about
> Snape in interviews...)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Ffred


I certainly hope you're wrong. I think that Dumbledore and Hermione
will be proven right in their judgment of Snape and that he will
finally repay his blood debt to James by saving Harry in some
spectacular way. I only hope that he doesn't die in the process, but
lately I'm starting to fear that he may be the Boromir of the HP
series. (If not Snape, then definitely Percy.)

Carol, who wants Snape to be fully redeemed and rewarded with the DADA
post but doesn't want poor Percy to die either