The "choosing evil" difference (was: Snape and Raistlin Majere)

[cubfanbudwoman]

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Shaun:
> The major reason I regard Snape more positively than Raistlin is 
> because Snape strikes me as a man who has *genuinely* swung 
> between evil and good. He was evil (when he was a Deatheater). He 
> is now good (as a member of the Order). With Raistlin, it's 
> different.
<snip>
> He deliberately chooses to do so, because he wants power and he 
> sees the black robes as his path to power. To me, *deliberately* 
> choosing to be evil in order to become powerful... that is 
> *really* evil. 


SSSusan:
This raises some questions for me, Shaun (or anyone else who'd care 
to weigh in).  You're saying, then, that even though Snape had a 
true swing from evil to good, you believe Snape did *not* choose 
evil because he desired power.  Have I got that right?  

Do you imagine he chose evil for more mundane reasons, or that his 
family background rather predisposed him towards the path he took?  
Or something else entirely?

Just curious!

Siriusly Snapey Susan