Snape and the "Chosen One" Was: Nice vs. Good - Compassion

[pippin_999]

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Lupinlore:
> But how do you expect things to end?  What do you think would be 
> appropriate?  Surely you don't think that the Dursleys, Umbridge, and 
> Snape can go unpunished for their reprehensible crimes against Harry 
> and the series will still have a moral leg to stand on?
> 

Pippin:
I don't expect the Dursleys and Umbridge to live happily ever after unless
they change their ways. But in both cases canon is explicit that they have
abused  other people to a far worse extent than Harry, so whatever 
judgement falls on them, I expect it will be for that. That would be true for
murderer!Snape as well.

As for Snape, I expect that when we know the truth, the LOONs among us
will be compelled to go through canon and re-evaluate every single
exchange between Harry, Snape and Dumbledore in the light of our new
knowledge. I expect that JKR has arranged things so that the exercise
will be rewarding. When we've done that, we can start deciding whether
Snape's fate was appropriate or not. But  I fancy the discussion will shift
as it did with Ginny, from what is the true nature of Snape to whether
JKR adequately prepared the reader to discover it.

Pippin