[HPforGrownups] Re: What really happened on the tower.

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 155558

juli17ptf wrote:


> Eggplant also wrote:
>> He would drop dead on the spot because Snape decided to make that 
> vow,
>> a decision that was either incredibly evil or incredibly stupid. 
> Snape
>> is either a brilliant bastard or a good natured imbecile. I tend to
>> think a brilliant evil Snape would make a better character for book 
> 7
>> than a comic relief Snape.
>>
> 
> Julie:
> For you it has to be one of those two versions of Snape, which is 
> fine, but there can be other versions. For instance, deeply concerned 
> Snape who is determined to protect a student he cares about (Draco), 
> and who, when he was confronted with the unexpected third part of the 
> vow, decided to do what most spies do. Take a huge risk few outside 
> the spy game would ever consider, figuring he'd find a way to get 
> around it. It didn't work out that way, but those are the tough 
> breaks in the game, and both Snape and Dumbledore were willing to 
> play.
> 
> Julie, who thinks a conflicted tragic Snape makes a better character 
> for Book 7 than either of your above versions.  

   KJ writes:

      I would have to agree with Julie on this one, if for no other 
reason than the matter of plot.  Had Super-Snape leaped into action 
James Bond style, zapped all the Death Eaters, allowed Dumbledore to go 
to a peaceful death, comforted Harry at the loss of Dumbledore, and 
shown Draco the way to the light, it would have beat the Hell out of the 
plot. This is also assuming that Snape survived the vow long enough for 
all of this activity. There might even have been a touching scene where 
Snape apologized to Harry with his dying breath for all the mean, nasty 
things he did in his life. However, the fact remains that the conflict 
between Harry and Snape is important to the conclusion, the death of 
Dumbledore was also important, and I suspect that Snape's position in 
the Death Eaters is also important. If the whole scene had gone the way 
that Eggplant favours, where would JKR take the story?