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

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 114819


> Carol responds:
> You mentioned earlier that you think Snape will die in Book 6 and I
> replied that JKR has said that he'll play an important role in Book 
7.
> Here's the quote, from a 1999 interview:
> 
> http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/1999/1099-
connectiontransc.html
> 
> [Reader comment:] There's an important kind of redemptive pattern 
to Snape
> [JKR:]He, um, there's so much I wish I could say to you, and I can't
> because it would ruin. I promise you, whoever asked that question, 
can
> I just say to you that I'm slightly stunned that you've said that 
and
> you'll find out why I'm so stunned if you read Book 7. That's all 
I'm
> going to say.
> 
> Now whether you think, as I do, that he's going to redeem himself
> through some sort of (grudgingly) heroic action or whether you think
> he'll be revealed as ESE!Snape, he's going to survive into Book 7.
 
Finwitch:

Or not. Voldemort kills him and he becomes a ghost. And as a ghost, 
he finally reveals his true loyalties! Or he leaves a pensieve or a 
diary behind... No need for him to be *alive* for that at all. (in 
fact, there are ways for him to be redeemed/revealed as ESE if he 
dies!) I can't see Snape to suddenly open up and tell everything, but 
if he dies and leaves some personal belongings to Harry in a Will - 
along with a few comments - his true self will be revealed. As I see 
it, living Snape does what ever he can to hide his true self (but if 
he's dead, it can be found!)

Finwitch