Harsh Morality - Combined answers

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 121265


Pippin wrote:
"But Crouch didn't become evil. He did wrong and suffered the 
consequences but he never gave allegiance to Voldemort, and when he
broke free, he sought to confess and make amends, not to get vengeance."

Del replies:
I agree, but he still suffered the type of punishment that awaits the
bad guys: humiliation, death at the hand of his own son, no proper
burial, and a name forever tainted among the Good Guys. Even his
attempt to confess and make amends couldn't save him anymore (so much
for forgiveness).
 
Pippin wrote:
"Snape crushes are not something you'd want to discuss in front of an
audience of children, <veg>. Alan Rickman and Tom Felton crushes are
respectable by comparison, which is why she always shifts the
conversation to those."

Del replies:
But why even imply that the only reason someone might like Snape or
Draco is because they have a crush on them? This is denying the very
real possibility that some people might be attracted to complex, human
characters. This is denying people's personal experience, the fact
that some people might recognise themselves or people they know in
Draco or Snape, and might hope for them to change because they've seen
it happen in RL. And so on. Snape had many fans long before the movies
came out, and I don't think all those fans had a crush on him.

Pippin wrote:
"He. Saved. Harry's. Life. "

Del replies:
Yes, and that is the white lining I was talking about. That and the
fact that for some unfathomable reason he's solidly loyal to DD. But
pretty much everything else about him is black.

Pippin wrote:
"It's true Snape doesn't seem to quite grasp what he's fighting for,
but so what? I figure he prefers Dumbledore's principles, even though
he doesn't entirely understand them, to Voldemort's, which he
understands all too well. "

Del replies:
Snape doesn't apply any of DD's principles in his own life. Innocent
until proven guilty? Expecting the best of people? Respect of equals
and "inferiors"? Snape happily ignores all the principles that make DD
a good man. So I wouldn't say that he prefers DD's principles. I
personally think that he prefers LV's principles, but for some reason
he decided to fight against LV in the war. I don't think this choice
was a matter of principles, but rather that it was based on a very
practical reason that we have yet to discover.

Del