Is Murder Necessary?

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No: HPFGUIDX 141184

> Elyse (Re: Harry IS Snape!): 
So I dont see why the same logic cant 
>be applied to Snape. I'm sure he hated James and co for many 
>reasons, not just the infamous prank. And I'm sure he may have said 
>as Harry did that he would be happy to see the Marauders dead, and 
>he may  have believed it as Harry did. ------- I think its a fair 
>supposition that Snape really did feel sorry, even if it was just a 
>tiny little bit, that James was dead. And the fact that he owed the 
>guy a life debt didnt exactly make things any less complicated.


CH3ed: It is complicated indeed. I think what Snape really regrets 
was Lily's death. She was probably the only one outside of his 
Slytherine gang to stand up for him in school (faculty not counted). 
I think Snape might have even been in love with her (since JKR seems 
to emphasize the power of love a lot). 
  I think Wormtail has some self redeeming to do in Book 7. He owes 
Harry his life (DD said that created a bond between them), and there 
was that flash of triumph in DD's eyes when Harry told him Wormtail 
cut his arm to get blood to resussitate LV. I also wonder if Harry 
will necessarily have to murder LV. The PROPHECY says that,"neither 
can live while the other survives," that means they can't co-
exist.... but does it necessarily means one would have to do the 
deed of killing the other? Harry wanted to kill Sirius badly in PoA 
before he was convinced that Sirius didn't betray his parents to 
their death. He had the chance (tho I'm not sure how he would have 
done it since the most aggrasive spell he knew then was expellamius) 
in the Shrieking Shack before Lupin bursted in, but he didn't do it. 
Maybe he will spare LV too only to have LV be killed by Snape or 
Wormtail instead? That would not violate the prophecy the way it is 
made.

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