How many times Snape saved Harry/Speculations about forgiveness WAS: Cultura

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> Alla:
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> 
> Personally, I tend to think that Harry's ability to love will show 
> itself metaphorically - as in not that Harry will stand up and say 
> Voldemort I love you or Snape I love you, but there will be some 
> personification of this power - maybe spell, which Harry will be  
> able to perform  with that power.
> 

Brothergib:
Bearing in mind that the protection Harry receives from his mother is 
due to her 'love' and was manifested by her self-sacrifice, does it 
not seem likely that Harry's 'ability to love' will also be 
manifested by self-sacrifice. There may be some 'Aslan-like' 
resurrection, but at some point in book 7 we will believe that Harry 
is dead.

> Regardless, I grant you, it is LIKELY that Harry will forgive Snape 
> in plot development terms, but I don't agree that this is a 
> necessity.
> 
Brothergib:
I am convinced that Snape will die in book 7 (how can he live in a 
world where he killed DD). IMO Snape will die without Harry knowing 
that Snape was good. He may figure out what Snape was doing, but I 
agree with Alla, that this will not require Harry's forgivness. I 
know 1 or 2 truly horrible people, and one act of decency would not 
necessarily elicit my forgiveness.