why I'm loathe to believe that Snape is evil, evil, evil

[dave1x2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 138816

"koinonia02" wrote:
 

I *don't like it* either but it's really quite simple. It does not 
matter if Dumbledore has been fooled because he isn't the star of 
the series. Harry is and it only matters that *Harry* is right.

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I have to disagree with you here.  In the end, maybe, Harry is the 
hero. However, Dumbledore is a sort of God figure in the series, not 
quite omnipotent or omniscient, but pretty close.  He is also the 
moral center and guide for Harry as he matures and takes the final 
task upon himself.  And remember, Harry is "Dumbledore's man" through 
and through. So I think it matters quite a bit that Dumbledore is 
proven not to be a fool.  

I also am in the "Snape is good" camp.  I think things were left 
vague in certain areas to leave the door open for a plausible 
explaination of a good Snape even in the face of glaring evidence to 
the contrary.  The biggest of these is that we don't yet know exactly 
why DD would put his complete trust in Snape.  What event or 
conversation actually transpired.  Harry has reasoned that he "felt 
bad" about ratting out James and Lily, but we haven't heard that from 
DD.  I have a feeling we'll find out eventually.

Anyway, I just don't see DD being wrong on the one thing he was most 
adamant about over the course of the series.  

-Dave1