[HPforGrownups] Re: The Many Faces of Snape was: High Noon for OFH!Snape

[IreneMikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 149631

Sydney wrote:

> Whatever way Snape's arc pans out, it's going to be (assuming JKR
> doesn't have a brain hemmorage or something between now and the next
> book) something dramatic that is true to his nature.  Those of us who
> like his nature already will like how it plays out in the arc.  Those
> of us who can't stand him will also like how it plays out in the arc.
> Because Snape isn't going to turn into a fluffy bunny, he's going to
> stay a deeply conflicted guilt-ridden Dark-magic jackass, and his
> actions and motives will be likewise. 

I like your ideas, and I agree with most of them. However, what scares 
me is the following possibility for book 7:
JKR will leave most of the Snape-related stuff behind the scenes, and 
all that we get will be the final confrontation, where Snape will either 
push Voldemort's hand during his final Avada, or else will stand in 
front of Harry to take it.
Then we'll spend the next 20 years arguing whether it was a part of the 
original "Snape-the-deep-mole" plan, for which Dumbledore sacrificed 
himself, or the last moment spontaneous remorse of the hardened villain, 
a-la Star Wars VI. I'll really hate it if she leaves it *that* ambiguous.

Irene