Does it matter if Snape is good or bad?

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Jennifer wrote:
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> 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.)

Juli: 

But it *does* matter. It matters to the Wizard World, to the Order 
of the Phoenix, to Voldemort, to the Death Eaters, and yes it 
matters to Harry. Harry may never forgive him, I agree with you 
there, but Snape is an important character in the whole series, he 
can tilt the balance either way, he's got enough knowledge on both 
sides, good and bad, to affect the aftercomes of the war. So 
far "we"'ve believed that Snape is working for Dumbledore in a very 
dangerous position as a spy among the DE and LV, of course you may 
think  he's always been evil, I won't argue with you there (there's 
been a million posts defending good Snape), but the fact is that 
he's done some good. He's saved Harry's life more than once (PS, 
PoA - when he goes after Sirius, he was trying to protect Harry- , 
in OoP by teaching him Occlumency...) he's always been loyal to 
Dumbledore, and even if it seems weird to you, he has been 
protecting Draco, he cared for James (even if he hated him). 

Let's consider that Severus is completly evil: he can name all the 
members of the OoP to LV, and their location, He could tell LV 
Dumbledore's plans, he could do so much damage, that's for sure. But 
he can also do good: he's been informing DD on the DE's activities 
for the last year, he's been teaching the students DADA.

We know Emmeline Vance *was* an Order member (she was a part of the 
advance guard), and Fudge says she's dead, but is she really dead? 
As DD told Draco he can make people seem dead, so if Snape tipped 
the DEs that he has killed Ms Vance, and he has proof, then she 
would be completly safe for who hunts a dead person?

Juli - a firm believer in Good!Snape