Power vs. Trust (was:The Possibilities of Grey Snape...)

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>Lupinlore
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>Or because Our Lord and Savior Severus
>Snape has, by definition, only Harry's best interests at heart
>and therefore HIS Unforgivables are perfectly... well...
>forgivable?

Orna:

It doesn't seem forgivable for anyone, and actually there seems to be 
quite a consensus between ESE!Snape-fans and DDM!Snape-fans, including 
Grey-Snape-fans, that Snape isn't going to survive this way or the 
other. My understanding of this is that his AK is just unforgivable, 
in the sense, that nobody can morally or psychologically imagine 
him "living happily after". 
He is developing into the most tragic character of the book, as I see 
it. But I don't see many DDM!Snape-fans thinking there might be any 
revelation, which will make his killing DD excusable. There are 
thoughts which might make it understandable from some tragic 
situation, just as sometimes you can understand impossible choices 
people do in impossible life-situations. The only way, Snape can 
morally live after, could be, if it turns out that it had been some 
fake AK, whatever that means, a scenario, which doesn't sound IMO very 
convincing. 

Orna