OFH, Life-debt and Snape/Lily-no-way

[rklarreich]

No: HPFGUIDX 162577

I'm a bit behind on posts right now, but I see several people have 
been promising in advance to write "I was wrong posts" if necessary 
after the final book comes out:

> > Neri:
> > Well, if it's any consolation, it looks like your "I was wrong" 
> post 
> > will be lost among hundreds of other such posts from all the rest 
> of 
> > the DDM!Snapers, while my "I was wrong" post isn't going to enjoy 
> > that advantage <g>.
> > 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> LOL. I know I would be dissapointed if Snape would be DD!M, but why 
> would I be upset to write my I was wrong letter?
> 
> This is all for fun anyways. I promise to write mine the moment 
after 
> we will reopen for business after book 7 is out if needed :)

Roberta:

To save everyone (well, some of us, but we don't know which ones) 
some time later, I have drawn up the following template for you to 
follow:

To:  HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
Date:  July 8, 2007 [wishful thinking]
Subject:  I was wrong

Hello everyone,

Well, I admit it.  I was wrong.

I was so sure Snape was [ESE!/OFH!/LID!/Grey!/DDM!].  I have just 
finished Harry Potter and the [TBA] and I am reeling with shock.  
Snape was [ESE!/OFH!/LID!/Grey!/DDM!] after all!!!  I just can't 
believe it.  Sad as I am to do so, I must now say farewell to [ACID 
POPS/LOLLIPOPS/DRIBBLE SHADOWS/HMS DESIRE].

I must say, [JKR really cheated us/JKR really convinced me].  As for 
how I feel about Snape now, I think [he deserved everything he got/he 
really redeemed himself].  I'm [glad/sorry] he's [dead/rotting in 
Azkaban/ensconced as a Healer at St. Mungo's/outlawed from the wizard 
world/new headmaster of Durmstrang/new bartender at the Hog's Head].  
That scene where [he saved Harry's life/he tried to kill Harry/Harry 
forgave him/he told Harry he'd always loved Lily/he turned on Harry 
right after Harry killed Voldemort/he and Harry went to the Three 
Broomsticks and had a butterbeer] just [disgusted me/made the tears 
roll down my cheeks].

OK, my order of crow has just arrived, so excuse me while I go and 
[reread the book/reread all seven books/turn the book into 
fertilizer/figure out what I'm going to do with the rest of my life].

[your name here], who still can't quite believe Snape really is 
[ESE!/OFH!/LID!/Grey!/DDM!].

***

Respectfully submitted,

Roberta, who has her own opinions about Snape but is being careful 
not to make predictions these days so she doesn't have to write one 
of those