[HPforGrownups] The Needs of Snape's Redemption (was Re: Heroes or not)

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 145333

susanbones2003 wrote:
>  I do not believe you are going to be satisfied with the outcome of 
> the final book and just how are you going to punish JKR if she 
> doesn't set Snape up to apoligize to Harry? In all probability your 
> scenario is not going to happen. 

Bart:

I'm firmly in the "Snape is still on the side of the Order" camp, but I 
would be extraordinarily surprised if Snape will apologize to Harry. I 
suspect something on the order of this:

"If you weren't insistent on living in your own little world, you would 
have seen that I was working against Voldemort. You clearly felt your 
little spying games were much more important than learning Occlumancy, 
in spite of how important Professor Dumbledore told you it was. So I 
gave up on that, and realized that the only way that you could be 
convinced to learn your lessons was to make it personal. I couldn't 
reveal what I was really doing, because you stupidly left your mind open 
to Voldemort, so, in our last encounter at Hogwarts, I gave you clues to 
what you needed to learn that even one as thick-headed as you would 
understand what you needed to learn. I am, however, gratified that 
SOMETHING I taught you managed to stick."

	Bart