Slytherin redemption

[Joe Goodwin]

No: HPFGUIDX 150730

Well it seems that a frequent topic is the redemption of either Snape, Draco or the Slytherins as a whole. I confess that I am one of those people who believe that some sort of co-operation is going to have to happen between the four hoses to defeat Voldemort. Still I often wonder at the mechanics of it.
   
  I think we can safely say that unless Dumbledore left a message for Harry saying "Snape is on your side and I want him to kill me," then Harry is never going to trust Snape again. He DID see Snape kill Dumbledore and no amount of circumstantial evidence is likely to overcome what he saw with his own two eyes.
   
  As to Draco we find ourselves in the same boat. Harry knows Draco let the DE's in and had been working to murder Dumbledore for over a year. I cannot concieve of anything that would cause Harry to do anything but hex Malfoy. He may believe that Malfoy could not kill Dumbledore face to face but he would certainly not entertain the idea of trusting him for a minute either.
   
  To me this means that one of the lesser known Slytherins, say Goyle or even Parkinson is going to step and and decided that it is their best interest to work against Voldemort. Note I don't think they will do it because they are wonderful people but because they recognise what the wizarding world would be like if Voldemort won.
   
  It just seems to me and Snape and Draco both working for the good guys after having seen the error of their ways is a good bit too contrived for a writer as imaginative as JKR. If that happened I would expect everyone to join hands and sing Christmas Carols in Whoville.
   
  Joe