[HPforGrownups] Re: JKR's devotion to children/why this may indicate Snape is evil

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 133816

Del replies:
I completely agree. If it turns out that Snape was indeed always evil,
never on the side of good, and that DD was a fool for giving him a
second chance, then I'll be severely disappointed.

The ONE reason Snape is of ANY interest to me is that he is a horrible
person working for the side of Good. If it turns out that he was
always horrible, then he's simply BO-O-O-O-RING!!!

I would also be very disappointed to have Sirius be right when he said
(paraphrase) : "some spots don't come off", and DD be wrong for giving
people second chances. I would hate for one conclusion of the series
to be that some people don't deserve second chances, that people who
are "too evil" (definition of that left to your own taste) simply
can't change and repent. It would smack of predestination way too much
for my taste. But then, some other things in the Potterverse also
smack of predestination, so I wouldn't be overly surprised if that
particular conclusion was reached and if it turned out that Snape was
indeed always evil.


Sherry now:

I'm firmly convinced that Snape is ESE now, since HBP.  However, I'm looking
for someone else to be the character who is given a second chance and turns
away from evil.  Draco perhaps?  Everyone's focus is on Snape now, and we
will be debating his motives till book seven and beyond.  So, I'm wondering
if that's all a way to throw us off the track.  We have been supposed to
consider him to be the nasty person who can still serve the good side, and
maybe it will be someone else we never expected.  Well, my theory hasn't
risen enough to expound more, but it's where I'm starting to lean.  

sherry