Death and the Bad Boys.

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 108322

Mandy wrote:

> You're not alone in loving the character of Severus Snape.  I adore 
> Snape.  Every inch of his nasty self (and way before Rickman's 
> delightful contamination too) but I do believe he's going to die. He 
> has to; it's the only way for him to find redemption. I do agree with 
> you on the way Snape will die, it will be protecting Harry in some 
> way.
> Cheers Mandy

Julie sez:

I too love the character of Severus Snape. Unpleasant as he can be,
he's complex and often inscrutable. In a word, he's fascinating! But
he's not one who we can hope will find a happy existence in the end. 
That hope is for Harry (at least for me it is). 

I'm not really sure Snape *can* be happy or fulfilled in life. He's been
too damaged by events in his past, and by his deeds and the deeds
of others. And what could JKR even do with him if he lived through to 
the end of book Seven? He's not satisfied as a teacher, no one loves
him (which I think is sad, especially when I picture Alan Rickman as
Snape ;-), and once Voldemort is vanquished what purpose would he
have left to pursue?

I think redeeming himself by dying while protecting/saving Harry is
the way for Snape to achieve, if not happiness, at least satisfaction 
with his life and his choices. His existence will have meant something,
and will have had a noble purpose, after all.

Still, I'd hate to see Snape gone forever from the WW world. I hope he 
will live on in some way, as a portrait perhaps. Or maybe he'll leave 
behind a diary ;-) Just not as a ghost, because that's for someone who 
didn't conclude his/her life satisfactorily, and I want Snape to do so.

Julie 
(sad that Snape must die, but reconciled to it)


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