Snape isn't evil

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 143465



> Valky:
> Welcome back Fauntine. Now although I fall generally into the camp who
> was convinced by HBP that Snape is not evil, in the interests of
> sufficiently messing up this neat analysis with inconspicuous detail
> <g> technically Harry and Snape are not talking (read - screaming at
> each other) about Dumbledore here at all. The subject of this exchange
> is James. 
> 
> Paraphrase -
> Snape - you would turn my own spells on me like your filthy father.
> Harry - Go on then kill me like you killed *him*.
> 
> The source of Snape's contorting inhuman pain therefore is the death
> of James Potter. Snape's involvement in James' death was, as we know,
> his relaying of information to Voldemort. Basically a valid
> translation here is that Harry is calling Snape a coward for his
> service to Voldemort, for killing James.
> 
> With that as pretext Snapes pain seems to hinge on his involvement in
> the death of Harry's family. The exact thing that Dumbledore insists
> is the biggest regret of his life. 
> 
> Dumbledore is right, No?
> 
> Valky

Enough action passes between the two snippets to make it plausible that the *him* does 
not refer to James. And there are other reasons to suppose this. Snape did not kill James. 
If he were going to kill Harry  'like he killed James' he would run away to Voldemort, and 
talk Voldemort into doing the job. On the other hand, Harry as he speaks the 'kill me' line 
is wandless, just as Dumbledore was when Snape killed him.  So he would indeed be 
killing Harry just like he killed Dumbledore.

Just my opinion...