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

[susanbones2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 145334

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bartl at s...> 
wrote:
>
> 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
>Bart,
Your scenario has plausibility. JKR will find a way, I believe for 
Harry and Snape to have some uneasy rapprocehment, but as per usual, 
I couldn't for the life of me predict how this will happen. My point, 
as usual ham-fistedly made, was that Snape could never apoligise to 
Harry for his behavior. As you pointed out, he could certainly 
explain and manage to work in some chiding and loads of anger, but he 
could never apologise. Just how your scene might transpire, I 
wouldn't want to guess. JKR chooses her methods and ways and they 
don't always satisfy. I, for one, was very sad at how easily Sirius 
slipped off the radar in HPB. It seemed that Harry went on so quickly 
with his life but I remind myself that JKR has a lot left to 
accomplish and precious little time for contemplation or looking 
back. 
Just a couple of disparate thoughts.
Jen D