Snape isn't evil

[lucianam73]

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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 :)
> 
> 
> Tammy wrote:

> 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'.
>  

Lucianam:

Hi there. Isn't Snape a puzzle! I think it's so funny that I happen 
to have, well, sort of the exact opposite of you guys' oppinions. If 
I got it right, you understand Snape is a nasty, mean man, but ever 
loyal to Dumbledore. So, he's not completely 'good' or 'evil' 
according to you; same here with me but since HBP, more specifically 
Snape's answers to Bellatrix in Chapter 3, I suspect he's loyal to 
Voldemort.

And I used to think he was a horrible person, mean almost to the 
point of being evil, until I read Snape's Worst Memory in OotP. And 
the Flight of the Prince chapter in HBP was also touching 
(description of his being in great pain and the capslock 'DON'T CALL 
ME A COWARD!' line).

So now I find myself thinking of Snape of a guy who is not all that 
bad, but who unfortunately chose to ignore his good side and chose 
to be a Death Eater.

But I suppose in the end Snape might be revealed as loyal to 
Dumbledore (I think that will be more difficult to write, though), 
or as a truly evil man determined to surpass Voldemort and become 
the next Dark Lord. Anything Snape goes.

Lucianam