[HPforGrownups] Snape isn't evil

[Tammy Rizzo]

No: HPFGUIDX 143401


[Alora wrote:]  <snipped> I don't think Snape is evil, I think he's spying
for the 
right side.  He knows Harry is the one that will be able to bring 
down Voldemort, and he's done what he could to help (occlumens).  
That, and keeping Harry grounded, I suppose, by being so nasty to 
him for the last 6 years ;). 

Does anyone else understand it this way?  Thanks for listening :)


[Now Tammy says:]  That's basically the reading I've come away with, Alora,
that Snape, while being a nasty, mean, greasy git and not someone I'd ever
REALLY want in frequent close proximity (regardless of the Snape-fics I've
thoroughly enjoyed), let alone ever hire to watch and teach my kids, he is
sincerely on Dumbledore's 'side'.
 
To keep this from being a 'one-liner' me-too post, let me say that, even
though DDM!Snape is the only thing *I* get from the books, as does my sister
(though I haven't discussed it with my other sister or my brother and his
wife), our parents are both dead certain of ESE!Snape.  The thing that
clinched it for all of us, setting us all firmly in our respective camps, is
the fact that Snape killed Dumbledore.  This has CONVINCED my sister and me
that Snape was always loyal to DD and always will be, while likewise
CONVINCING our parents of the exact opposite.  Now, none of us are even
considering any 'faked death' scenarios, nor any 'pre-planned' ideas (beyond
DD telling Snape to maintain his cover at all costs or he'd be useless to
the Order, which I know we haven't seen but which I'm sure was the gist of
their argument that Hagrid overheard).  All of us agree that Snape KILLED
Dumbledore on his own, without any silent orders, and must take the
consequences of such an act.  Of course, we can't agree on what the
consequences should be, since we can't agree on WHY he killed DD.
 
OH dear, this is not really going anywhere, is it?  I suppose I just wanted
to illustrate that people who have shared so much life-experience as a
close-knit family does can still read the same exact book and come away with
ideas 180 degrees opposed.  Also, though, I wanted to let Alora know she's
not alone.
 
Tammy
ms-tamany at rcn.com

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