Too "Good" Harry / The resolution of Snape

[cubfanbudwoman]

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SSSusan <susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> > As for Harry's turning the other cheek being just too healthy & 
> > well-adjusted...hasn't Harry seemed overall a bit this already?  
> > Parents murdered, left with his abusive relatives, yet somehow 
> > knows how to choose the good & noble path?  You know?  So...what 
> > if he turned the other cheek but gritted his teeth while doing it
> > and still vented to his friends?  Would that make it more 
> > palatable? :-)
> > 
> > Siriusly Snapey Susan, who thinks Harry *is* remarkably healthy & 
> > noble.

Lupinlore: 
> I agree, Susan, that Harry is remarkably healthy and noble, indeed 
> already too much so to be entirely believable.  To add a "martyr" 
> attitude toward Snape would, purely in my opinion, push things into 
> the realm of "completely unbelievable" and "far too much."  I 
> suppose I was in the minority in very much enjoying the angry Harry 
> of OOTP.  Certainly I felt like it was long overdue.  And I thought 
> it much more realistic and enjoyable to read than the almost 
> mystical goodness he had displayed up to this point.  I will be 
> very disappointed if JKR lapses back into more unbelievable 
> goodness, even if Harry turning the other cheek would be 
> the "right" thing to do.  It's just not human behavior (except I 
> suppose from saints) and not believable.


SSSusan:
Oh, I, too, was one of the ones who appreciated CAPSLOCK!Harry in 
OotP!  I thought it was, as you say, overdue and quite believable.  I 
like Harry's noble core, but I think it makes him more human to show 
his frustration and anger at being ignored and kept out of the loop.  

I still *can* see Harry gritting his teeth & working w/ Snape in the 
future, though -- but we're just different there, Lupinlore.

Now, I'm going to see if I can't get you to go back upthread to my 
other question from the post you referenced here. Rather than having 
Harry be too "martyr-like" with Snape, you said you would more prefer 
to have Snape die *or* have Snape change.  Do you have a vision for 
how Snape might change in a believable way?  [And not just Lupinlore -
- if *anyone* has ideas for this, I'd love to read them.  It's be 
exciting to contemplate, as I can't think up much on this myself.]

Siriusly Snapey Susan