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

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 114811


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

Carol adds quickly:
Not Book 6, since JKR has said (I think in the Book Day chat) that
Snape will play an important role in Book 7. (I can hunt up the quote
if you want it.)

Carol, who doesn't want Snape to be toast in any book and votes for
option 1