Twist JKR? (was:Re: Dumbledore's pleading...)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 141674

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nrenka" <nrenka at y...> wrote:

> 
> Assumption of a redemption plot is a fan-filled blank, a way to fit 
> the story we have into a model.

Pippin:
Never mind redemption, then. What about reform? Snape is the only
character who is supposed to have turned over a new leaf and tried
to keep it turned. Karkaroff expressed some remorse when he got 
caught, but it didn't go as far as offering his service to Dumbledore. 
He made his deal and scarpered off to Durmstrang, where, according
to Sirius, he taught the Dark Arts to every student who passed through.

If Snape  never was sincere about repenting, or backslid 
to the point where he betrayed and murdered his mentor, then it's 
hard to see how he could prove himself   now except by dying. 
That says the only good reformed Death Eater is a dead reformed Death Eater, and I
just don't think JKR is going that way. But I could be wrong.
 

Pippin