What about Snape (Was: HP and the Half Blood Git)

[mnaper2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 106184

> > Carol responds:
> > I'm assuming, first, that you want him to live rather than die
> > redeeming himself, which I think half the list anticipates as his
> > fate. 
> 
> <snip>
> > 
> > I personally think that he shouldn't have to put up with
> > "dunderheads," or they with him, and I think his services to
> > Dumbledore deserve more recognition than they'll ever receive, by
> > their very nature. 

Adan wrote:

> You are right in the assumption that I'd prefer Snape to live. I 
> think I just can't decide what I'd want for him because it still 
> isn't clear just exactly who he is yet.  If he truly hates kids and 
> teaching, then I wouldn't want him to continue teaching.  For his 
> sake and for theirs.  If he's done things to earn respect, then I 
> hope he gets it.  If he doesn't, well... 
> 
> Once I know the WHO then I can decide on the WHAT.  Mostly, I think 
I 
> just want his story.  I want the WHY.  

Ally:

I agree with you Adan - I'm not sure what I want for Snape, mainly 
because JKR hasn't really shown us who he is.  I think death in some 
honorable self-sacrificial way is a possibility, although to some 
extent, I see Snape as too mean to die (or maybe that's sort of 
wishful thinking).  Given how JKR likes to torment him, I could also 
see him being turned down for the DADA job one more time or being 
offered the DADA job only to have his replacement be so horrifying to 
Snape (Neville perhaps?) that Snape willingly turns down the DADA 
job.  I keep waiting for some of the mystery to be resolved in Book 
6, but I strongly suspect that JKR will leave us with even bigger 
question marks about Snape at the end of that one (grumble, 
grumble).