Whither Snape AND the Dursleys AND Umbridge? (was Re: Cultural standards...)

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 144875


Sydney:
> JKR may or may not write a scene, depending, I suppose, on whether
> such a scene would be useful towards the main plot of the Horcruxes
> and Voldemort.  And of course we'll hear about Harry's scar again,
> it's the whole point of the series!

Lupinlore:
Oh, I'm sorry, I was not being clear.  I was referring to the scar on
Harry's hand from Umbridge's detentions.  The one that says I SHALL
NOT TELL LIES.  That is the one many people were saying we would never
hear about again, which turned out to be quite wrong.

 Sydney:
 As for Snape 'getting off scott
> free', as most people, whether pro- or anti- Snape, think it's
> extremely likely that he will die, I don't think that's a common
> feeling at all.. Our disagreement is whether the death penalty for
> those who are sarcastic to children is just and satisfying, which I
> fear would condemn me and many of my favorite teachers!  


Lupinlore:
Ah, but that's just the point, isn't it?  His death penalty is not for
his abuse of Harry and Neville, but rather for his murder of
Dumbledore and perhaps for his former activity as a DE.  It does not
atone for his abuse of Harry and Neville.  For that, a much more
specific punishment is required, a punishment which we have not yet
seen and which, if JKR is not to tacitly approve of Snape's child
abuse, we must see.  Now this may simply be accomplished by an
explicit acknowledgement of Snape's sins that might in some way
thematically link them with his ultimate fate, in much the same way
Dumbledore's confrontation with the Dursleys in HBP might well provide
a thematic link between their treatment of Harry and their ultimate fate.


Lupinlore