Snape's redemptive possibilites (was re: Snape's Destiny et al)

[tiggersong]

No: HPFGUIDX 105725

Melanie said:

> For Snape to really have been a DE means that we have to come to 
> grips with the fact that he probably witnessed rape, torture, and 
> murder and did nothing to stop it, at the very least. And if he 
>did participate in the festivities (and let's be honest, you 
>probably had to kill kittens and burn down orphanages to even be a 
>DE candidate), chances are that when he was casting Unforgivables 
> around, *he meant it.* 

Tiggersong:

Okay.  So, if Snape, while he was a DE, participated in rapes, 
murders, tortures and other Activities for the Well Rounded Death 
Eater, doesn't it stand to reason that he STILL IS?  

I mean, if he's spying for Dumbledore by pretending to still believe 
the whole DE party line, doesn't that mean that he needs to 
participate in the Campfire Activities?  Don't you think that he 
will have had to do something Really Horrible to prove to LV that 
he's really still on their side?

Redemption might be an ... ongoing need for our lovely Professor 
Snape.

Tiggersong