Harry and Snape in HBP (Re: Harry mastering his emotions in HPB)

[Juli]

No: HPFGUIDX 118303


Eggplant:
> <snip> I have a better cliffhanger to end the next 
> book with:
> 
> Snape and Harry are having the worst fight yet, it
> looks like they are about to come to blows when 
> suddenly Voldemort appears and sends a lethal curse
> toward Harry. Without hesitation Snape jumps in front 
> of Harry and received the curse instead, he saves
> Harry's life but dies instantly in the process. Harry 
> now feels guilty for all the terrible things he called 
> Snape just a few seconds ago, but mainly Harry is 
> puzzled; why did Snape, a man full of hate, sacrifice 
> himself for me. You'll have to wait for book 7 to
> find out. 


Juli:
No, I think Harry and Snape have a much more
complicated relation to end up like that. Snape has
already saved Harry's life (Ps/SS, at least IMO), and
he seems to care for Harry's life (He did go to the
shrieking shack to save him), so all that's left is
Harry saving Snape, but in a spectacular way, like
Harry risking his own life to save Snape. Neither one
needs to say "Thank you", they don't need words, they
just look at each other and for the first time they
smile (please don't look at this in a romantic way,
it's just the two of them realizing they'll never be
close or anything, just that they are on the same side
and working together may bring something good.

Juli