Snape as hero? WAS: Re: Why would Snape want the DADA position?

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> KarentheUnicorn's Reply:
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> You guys, Harry is the only Hero we have in the series, it would be 
> a horrible thing to find out their are other heros in the series, I 
> mean, Harry has to save the day right...right..with no help, No 
one, 
> he has to Gooo it alone, Just like he has been doing the whole 
> series. YEP, it would really destroy the story if someone else 
> helped him or looked heroic.

Alla:

I think Sherry was only talking about one person, who to her does not 
deserve to be called heroic at the moment. :-) To me too.

And whether we like it or not, JKR said it in the interview that for 
her it is more interesting  that at the end Hero must do his job 
alone. So, Harry received a lot of help during the book and hopefully 
she would allow him at least receive help from Ron and Hermione at 
the end, but I sincerely doubt that any adult will be allowed to help 
him in the final confrontation.



Karen: 
> Oh wait, has Snape ever done anything heroic at all, Naaa, he only 
> took an unbreakable vow to save some kid, yea, thats it, Thats not 
> remotly heroic in any way.


Alla:

As Nora postulated recently you can draw two very different charts 
for Snape actions throuhout  the books and yes, under Evil!Snape or 
out for himself! Snape it is possible to explain away ALL his actions 
as not heroic at all.

And under ANY kind of Snape I would never ever call Unbreakable Vow 
to be heroic action. IF Snape is good ( that equals Snape not 
knowing  the task,correct?) THEN I call him taking the Vow to be very 
idiotic action, because  he basically binding himself to do whatever 
Voldemort asks of Draco , and I think Snape knows  that Voldemort 
usually asks his followers to do bad very bad things.

If Snape KNOWS what task is asked so then he chooses to let 
Narcissa's request override his loyalty to Dumbledore.

Nope, NOT heroic in my book.



KarenUnicorn: 
> The only way one could see it as heroic is, If you put yourself in 
> Snape's position, and Your best friend comes to you and asks you do 
> to an unbreakable vow to save their child from death and their 
whole 
> family. Naaaaa, you wouldn't do that now would you??? 

Alla:

If that would mean killing  the only person who ever trusted in me 
and gave me second chance and kept me from horrible prison Azkaban, I 
most definitely would NOT do it.

Because my loyalty to that person would override any other loyalties  
I can have, even the loyalty to my friends, who fight on the side 
against which I am  supposed to be fighting.

Would that be tragic that I would have to refuse my friend desperate 
plea? YES, of course. But that I would find to  be  the action of 
true Hero during war time.


JMO,

Alla.