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

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 141678

Pippin wrote:
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> 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.
>  
> 


But Snape is hardly the only character in whom redemption or reform 
might play a role.  We have been told that Wormtail has a role to 
perform, and his debt to Harry will be important.  Draco's story arc 
must come to a close as well.  Both of these characters, along with 
Snape, are candidates for redemption.  Are all of them going to be 
reformed/redeemed?  That would be overkill of a high magnitude.  Two of 
the three I could see, but even that seems like pushing it.  Otherwise 
we'll have "the mass revolt of the good DEs" to wade through.


Lupinlore