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

[dzeytoun]

No: HPFGUIDX 114568


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich 
<mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> I think there's another option:  Harry distrusts Snape's allegiance
> to the Order; Harry is instructed to do something for Snape or Snape
> demands that he do something; Harry doesn't; Snape gets whacked;
> Harry gets one of Dumbledore's sorrowful explanations about why he
> should have listened and what Snape was up to; Harry is amazed but 
no
> longer doubts Snape's loyalty, helped immeasurably by the fact that
> Snape is dead and therefore Harry doesn't have to deal with him
> anymore.  It's amazing how death improves some people's characters.
> 
> Magda 


Now this is a scenario I find very likely.  I can also easily see 
the "mirror image," especially given JKR's hints - i.e. "Snape is in 
a situation where his hatred of Harry flares at the wrong moment.  
Unable to overcome his bitterness, he does something that results in 
yet another debacle, perhaps his own death."  Following this will be 
another sorrowful explanation from DD and another sad confession that 
he felt Snape could overcome..., yada, yada.  Harry goes away 
pondering a philosophical lesson about how you ruin your life by 
holding on to hatred.

Dzeytoun