The Possibilities of Grey Snape (was Re: What would a successful AK mean?)

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Jen wrote: 
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> That could potentially be a problem though--can Harry release his 
> hatred toward Snape simply finding out he was weak in the face of 
> dark magic? Not likely. Harry, like his father and godfather before 
> him, has no mercy for those entrenched in the dark arts. With no 
> understanding of the temptation, he wouldn't likely look on Snape 
> with much more favorable eyes. 

Potioncat:
Oh the threads and posts that appear when I'm away!

This post has generated a bunch of replies, and a couple of split 
threads. But I wanted to repond to this very small part.

DD says that Hary is pure of heart (sounds ripe for a werewolf bite if 
you ask me) and Jen suggests the Dark Arts have not tempted him. But 
they have! He was ready to use Crucio and even Septumsempra...or is it 
Semprasectum...on Snape. He was enjoying the spells (curses, hexes, 
whatever) that the Prince wrote about. He tried crucio on Bella...and 
whether it worked or not, he was tempted. Before HBP, I thought there 
might be a shady area around Dark Arts and it would easy enough to sort 
of slide into Dark Arts without meaning to.

Now, I have no idea whether this level of temptation will play in the 
Harry/Snape resolution. But Snape was pretty determined to keep Harry 
from casting any of the Dark Spells.
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