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

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 114579


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" 
<stevejjen at e...> wrote:
> 
> 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. ;)<

There's an old rule of story-telling: the villain dies in the last
ditch. 
Since the conflict with  Snape is the major source of dramatic 
tension, it can't be resolved much before the ending of Book 
Seven -- otherwise it  would be like having Darth Vader die in the 
middle of Return of the Jedi or having Gollum die before Frodo 
gets to Mt. Doom. 

I figure Harry will have a choice between trusting Snape and 
someone who seems much more trustworthy. He will trust the 
wrong person, and Snape will suffer for it, but ultimately  Snape 
will save Harry, thus paying back the debt to James. Whether 
Snape survives the conflict with Voldemort is irrelevant since at 
the end of Book Seven Harry will no longer be a Hogwarts 
student, and the conflict with Snape will have ended in any case. 
I think ol' Sevvie will still be around, though. He's tough.

Pippin