DD's sacrifice and Snape sacrifice WAS: Love was Re: Lily's protection

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 143682


> Lupinlore:
> That would be fascinating and moving -- if Snape were the hero of 
> the series.  But he's not, and making the Tower Scene about Snape's 
> terrible decision and (implied) strength and nobility of character 
> essentially, IMO, tries to change that fact.  This is "Harry Potter 
> and ...." not "Severus Snape and his Redemption" or "Severus Snape 
> and the Kobayashi Maru."  
> 
> JKR has made great emphasis that the reason she killed by Dumbledore 
> and Sirius was because Harry had to face his destiny "alone" (i.e. 
> helped and supported only be his peers). 

Pippin:
Adult!Harry and Snape *are* peers. It only remains for Harry to realize it.
 Even if Harry returns to Hogwarts, Snape would no longer have any claim 
to superiority over him either as  a professor (as Snape has  left his post)  or 
as an adult, once Harry turns seventeen. 

The way I see it, Harry and Snape both have to grow out of their roles of
victim and oppressor, which I believe JKR sees as a very limited way to 
confront the world. 

Pippin