Snape's punishment a "moral" issue? Was "Two Scenes..."

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No: HPFGUIDX 144106

Leslie <leslie41 at y...> wrote:
> If Snape is on the side of good, it is the attitude of others 
> that will change towards him.  It is Harry who will make the 
> first move, at least to recognize that he and Snape were always 
> on the same side, and that Snape has done more good in his own 
> way than Harry ever had.  
 

If this were to happen, I would use the books for compost.  JKR 
will have done nothing less than to make a hero out of a child 
abuser, which will be reprehensible beyond belief.

Luckily, I don't think it will happen this way, at least not 
totally.  Let us imagine for a moment what would lead to this.  
First of all, for it to occur at the end would mean that Severus 
would still be alive at the end of the story, which is highly 
unlikely.

Okay, but where could such an interchange happen?  What could 
possibly occur to cause such an opening?  I think that is where 
we are back to the stuck part, aren't we?  What could possibly 
occur, other than a pure non-sequitur or Deus Ex Machina, to 
bring such unlikely characters together without third party 
intervention?

I don't think very much, which leads me to believe that, if such 
a thing occurs, a third party or third parties will be involved.  
And that sets up much more interesting possibilities.  As we have 
seen with the case of the Dursleys, third parties make for a much 
more complex and dynamic interaction, and make it much easier for 
issues to be brought into the open and tensions to be diffused.  
That also has the possibility of much more appropriate 
confrontation with, and yes, humiliation of, Snape.  Because make 
no mistake, he MUST pay for his child abuse.


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