Killing Snape; who will do it

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Leslie41 wrote: (long snip)

"Snape's not going to kill himself. It's not in his nature.  

No member of the order will kill him either. Again, see above.  The 
scene at the end of the book where he "fights" Harry proves that 
Snape is without a doubt the most powerful wizard save Voldemort.  
  
What's left?  Well, Voldemort will kill him, and most likely in 
front of Harry, more towards the end of the book rather than at the 
beginning, after Harry and Snape have had yet another face-off.  
Harry and Snape must meet again, must talk again, and must, perhaps, 
fight again.

I see a scene maybe similar to that we found at the end of PoA, 
where Harry--who had thought along with the rest of the wizarding 
world that Sirius Black betrayed his parents--comes to realize he 
was as mistaken about Snape as he was about Black. Or at least that 
it's not that simple. 

Snape has just gotten too damned wonderful as a character for 
Rowling to abandon him to death at the beginning.  HBP was 
really "his" book, and the best chapter in it--I would say the best 
she has written--is Spinner's End.  The best scenes are all with 
Snape, or involving Snape in some way. 

She's not fooling me.  She's terribly attracted to him, really, as 
attracted as she is repelled.  Got a real love/hate relationship 
with him.  Whatever she does, however Snape turns out at the end, 
she won't do him a disservice as a character, and my guess is we'll 
see our fair share of him in Book 7."

me now : 

Yes, I think JKR has a soft spot for Severus :) This book (HBP) has been a 
revelation for me. Til now I was a Snape-hater, I reckoned him to be a real 
badass, boo-hiss villain.
There's much more depth to his character now. I'm looking forward to Book 7 
for the culmination of Hero!Snape. Sev (my old mucker!) he's no wizard killer. 
DD died of his own accord, no AK could do the job , it was all a ruse for 
Harry to go and do what he has to do.
Oh DD is dead alright, his time had come. He had to go but like the Old Blue 
Eyes that he is , he did it his way.

BTW , pondering on death in the books, every one who has died so far has had 
corporeal remains except Sirius. Going beyond the veil leaves nothing to 
mourn, there's no closure. mmmm, more chance of Sirius' 'ressurection' than DD's I 
reckon, even tho JKR has said Sirius is dead. Or has the veil got the magical 
property to 'stopper death'  ; a sort of holding house for the mortally 
wounded?

Love to hear your responses, Annette.









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