DD trust in Snape again. WAS: Evil Hermione

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 154682

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> 
wrote:
>
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> 
> I believe that Harry *must* come to understand that Snape, however
> much he dislikes Harry personally, is his ally and protector, and 
that
> he had no choice but to kill DD (or pretend to kill him, if Pippin 
is
> right) against his will. IMO, Harry *must* realize that these things
> outweigh Snape's long-regretted revelation of the Prophecy, a 
mistake
> whose consequences he tried to prevent by spying for DD and, failing
> that, to atone for by faithful service to Dumbledore for sixteen
> years. Harry must also realize that he has unfairly blamed Snape for
> Sirius Black's death and acknowledge his own role in that 
unfortunate
> event (not that Harry is to blame for the murder, but that it would
> not have happened if he had listened to Snape's warnings that LV was
> trying to get inside his head). 

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> 
> Carol, thinking that, like Harry, the reader must get past the daily
> interactions of Harry and Snape in Potions class (not so much DADA,
> where Snape is teaching what the students need to learn) and look at
> the bigger picture
>


And we are back, I think, once again to JKR failing reprehensibly by 
approving of the abuse of a child, or rather making a hero out of the 
man who abused said child, which is the same thing.

I always fail to understand what would be so wonderful about that 
storyline.  But, let's think for a moment if Harry does this ... 
which I think in addition to being reprehensible would be 
unbelievable and incredibly poor writing.  Let us suppose he does.  
Where does that leave Snape?

It's an interesting question.  Does he scream "NOOOOOO" and throw 
himself onto his wand in horror at being condescended to by a 
Potter?  Does he undergo an epiphany of his own, just in time to be 
thrown on someone else's wand (probably Voldemort's)?  Does he return 
to Hogwarts to abuse yet more children?

Indeed, what would become of the forgiven Snape?


Lupinlore