Snape and Umbridge and abuse again/ Ending for Snape

[julie]

No: HPFGUIDX 162947

Alla wrote:
> 
> Back to the quote, you know what indeed amases me is how this quote 
> gets discounted as IMO very strong evidence that Snape is not 
> necessarily loyal to Dumbledore.
> 
> If one does not pay attention to interviews at all, that is one 
> story, but since I do.... He is more culpable than Voldemort.... 
> rather chilling to me.
> 

Julie:
I don't remember that quote ever coming up in any discussion
about Snape's loyalty to Dumbledore, but maybe I missed it.
In any case, how culpable Snape is or isn't for his own
actions has no relation whatsoever to his goodness or badness
or loyalty or lack thereof. Culpable simply means guilty or
or blameworthy. One's amount of culpability for a crime is 
in no way related to the *magnitude* of the crime. But in 
JKR's world culpability *is* related to one's ability to 
feel and give love, of which Voldemort has none. 

So Snape is more culpable for his crimes, whether they are
joining the DEs, passing on information to Voldemort, and
abusing his power as a teacher, *or* they include torturing 
and killing as a DE, the cold-hearted murder of Dumbledore,
or whatever else JKR may yet reveal. Harry is also more
culpable for his actions--even though they are no worse
than typical teenage lying, unkindness, etc--than Voldemort
is for his long history of torture and murder, if we are
going by JKR's words. So are Ron, Hermione, Lupin, Sirius,
Dumbledore, Wormtail, Draco, etc, etc, etc--they've all
been loved and can love. 

Julie, hoping Alla is no longer amazed at this discounting
of "evidence" as Snape's culpability gives us no clue about
his loyalties at all.