Question for Snapeophiles and -phobes RE Dumbledore, Snape, and Harry

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No: HPFGUIDX 114543


> 
> Jen: Just to add another thought to this debate: I hope JKR doesn't 
> resolve the tension between Snape and Harry. Can there really be a 
> satisfying way for them to reach detente without compromising the 
> characters? Here are a few options, and none ring true for me: 
> 
> 1) Harry comes to realize that Snape (in his own way) has been 
> trying to help him all along. Harry grudgingly starts to trust 
Snape 
> and in return, Snape backs off a little.
> 2) Harry takes the moral high-ground, not allowing Snape's 
> persistent heckling to affect him anymore, and resists the urge to 
> give back what he gets. Snape is thrown off-guard but basically 
> continues to treat Harry the same.
> 3) Both realize how much is at stake in the WW and decide to become 
> friendly enemies for the greater good.
> 4) Snape finally acknowledges Harry is not James, buries the 
> hatchet, and both go on to treat each other slightly better than 
> before. 
> 5) One or the other attempts a reconciliation, and the resulting 
> rejection causes tensions to increase.

I agree with your list, Jen, and agree that none of them really rings 
true.  I would not say that JKR will not use any of them, as OOTP 
severely weakened my respect for her commitment to realistic and 
believable characterizations.  I will go so far as to say using most 
of them would constitute a "throw the book out the window" moment.  
the only one I *might* see is number five, if DD leans hard on Snape 
to make some minor concessions and Harry rebuffs them out of his 
belief that Snape is to blame for Sirius' death.

> 
> JKR will probably come up with a more satisfying resolution 
> scenario, but I'd prefer to see continued tension. Until Snape is 
> toast, of course, which I'm betting will happen by the end of Book 
> 6. ;)
> 
> Jen Reese

I would agree, except that I think we will see Snape go up in a 
pillar of flames sometime in Book VII.