It's over, Snape is evil (but maybe not 100%)

[eggplant107]

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"zgirnius" <zgirnius at y...> wrote:

> The death of Barty Jr. in prison was,
> of course, faked through the use of
> Polyjuice Potion. The Narrator would
> not have told us this, any more than
> she told us that Moody wasn't Moody
> in GoF. So the Dumbledore Death Scene
> certainly *could* have been faked in
> a similar way. 

Yes that's true, in fact the only hope Snape lovers have is if
Dumbledore is not really dead and the entire climax of book 6 was all
just a colossal hoax or practical joke; but if we learn in book 7 that
it's true then millions of people will be storming bookstores
demanding their money back. There is no way a plot twist like that
could produce a satisfactory book. And Dumbledore had to go anyway so
Harry could face Voldemort (and then Snape) in the final battle
without backup. By the way, I predicted right after book 4 came out
that Dumbledore would die at the end of book 6; I also predicted Harry
would die at the end of book 7.  

> The Narrator limits herself to 
> telling us about Harry's thoughts
> and feelings, and leaves us to 
> guess at those of the other characters. 

Right again, but when one character has a look of extreme insane
hatred on his face when he murders another character it's not terribly
difficult to deduce what that character is feeling.

> We also know of at least one other
> significant interaction relevant to
the events, but not what transpired.
> (The argument overheard by Hagrid.) 

I confess at the moment I have no viable theory what that argument was
all about, but it doesn't matter that we don't know what noises
Dumbledore and Snape made with their mouths on that occasion because
it can't change the fact that Snape murdered Dumbledore and that makes
Snape a villain. End of story.

Well
. almost end of story. When I say Snape is a villain I don't mean
he has never in his life done something good and might even do so
again because nobody is 100% bad; I've seen pictures of Hitler smiling
at children and he was kind to his dog, at least until he poisoned the
poor beast.

As I said before I think Snape made an Unbreakable Vow to protect
Harry Potter until Voldemort is dead, he did this for his own sinister
reasons but it can not be denied he did good when he saved Harry in
book 1. I also believe Snape loved Lilly and loves her memory to this
day, and that's why he hates Harry, not because he looks like James
but because he blames Harry for causing the death of his mother. And
it's true, if Harry had not been born she would still be alive.

But after murdering Dumbledore Snape can not be redeemed, it's just
too big, but perhaps a small crumb could be thrown in that direction.
 I can picture a scene in the next book: Harry is the winner, he has
just killed Voldemort after a titanic struggle, he stumbles away
injured and exhausted when Snape shows up free at last from his
Unbreakable Vow, he doesn't need Harry anymore. Snape disarms Harry
raises his wand and is just about to strike with a killing curse when
he looks into Harry's eyes and sees his mother's eyes, Lilly's eyes.
Snape hesitates. 

I don't know what will happen then, perhaps Wormtail will repay his
debt to Harry.

Eggplant