Raging Snape / Draco's Redemption / JKR's Plots (was:Re: seeds of betrayal)

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> >>Betsy Hp:
> > > I still see Draco's "redemption" story as being a bit dull.    
> > > He just hasn't done anything really, really bad. <snip>    

> >>Peg:
> >  I've never understood this argument.  While I agree that Draco 
> > has likely changed his mind about wanting to be a DE, I don't    
> > see at all that he hasn't done anything really, really bad.
> > <snip>

> >>Magpie:
> While I would agree that "hasn't done anything really bad" is not 
> very accurate, I think Betsy's point is a good one.  Even DD says 
> that "no real harm" has been done in the Tower--it's a bizarre 
> statement in many ways (would Katie's family agree no real harm   
> was done??) but in the context he means it it makes sense.  He    
> means that there is nothing done that has not been undone--so     
> far.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
I was a bit lazy in my statement above, so let me take the moment to 
clarify:  Draco *did* do bad things in HBP.  I'm not trying to sugar 
coat or deny that his actions nearly killed Ron and Katie and led to 
Bill being permently disfigured.

What I do think is that, relatively speaking, Snape's actions were 
much worse.  So therefore, a redemption story based on Snape's 
history would be much more dramatic than a redemption story based on 
Draco's history. There will be elements of redemption to Draco's 
story, I'm sure.  But I feel like the bulk of that particular theme 
will rest on Snape's shoulders.  

I tried to include all of the above with a second "really", which 
obviously, wasn't a successful short-cut. <g>

Betsy Hp