All of a Piece (was re: The Possibilities of Grey Snape)

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 143149


> Carol wrote:
> Snape has also lost his position in the Order, the (grudging) 
respect
> of his former colleagues, his freedom, his mentor--in short,
> everything except the tenuous and incomplete trust of the Dark Lord.
> He is in danger from both sides, a hunted man, perhaps a haunted man
> if the hell that showed in his face in "The Flight of the Prince"
> reflects the remorse I believe he feels.
> 
> Punish him? He's already being punished! What "karmic" justice or
> retribution for his "abuse" of the students does he deserve in
> addition to his present condition? A taunt or tongue-lashing from
> Harry? A Crucio from the pure-souled hero, who will no longer be
> pure-souled if he ever successfully casts one?

Thank you, Carol! I've been contemplating a post with a similar 
message for a couple of days now. I don't think there's any need to 
take up lots of Book 7 page-time with Snape being made miserable. 
(Though I don't doubt we'll get to see a little of it). I think it 
could work just as well to let us know he has been made miserable for 
the past umpteen years, ever since he made his fateful decision to 
join the Death Eaters. Something which IMO has been at least hinted 
at throughout the series.

--zgirnius, who very much appreciated all of Carol's well written and 
satisfying post.