Does it matter if Snape is good or bad?

[jmnabers]

No: HPFGUIDX 133614

I don't know if it really matters---at least not to Harry. And we 
know, in the end, that Harry is the one who must defeat Voldemort. 
Harry has *never* trusted Snape...all evidence and reassurances to 
the contrary. I know we all want to trust Dumbledore, but I think the 
point is that Harry needs to trust himself. For years, he's the boy 
that cried wolf, and now he's finally been proven right about Snape. 
As it should be! Harry needs to kill Voldy.... And that means, that 
regardless of what we find out about the reasons behind Snape's 
actions, Snape is as good as dead to the Order. Bottom line,IMHO: 
Harry will NEVER put any faith or trust in the man who he watched 
murder Dumbledore. 

Maybe we'll find out more about why Snape did what he did, or if 
Dumbledore asked him to do it...but it won't matter to Harry. Snape 
might be a tragic character then, but he was always a jerk to Harry 
and as a teacher myself, I find that hard to forgive. Harry most 
certainly will find it impossible to forgive--especially in another 
year (maybe not even another lifetime.)

Jennifer