DDM!Snape & the UV

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 149826

Alla: 
> But aren't you forgetting tiny thing, Jen ( I know you are not, so 
> of course I am kidding here, but at the same time not quite 
> kidding :))? Both James and Sirius ARE dead at this point, died 
> trying to defend the loved ones ( the code of behaviour if you
> give interviews at least a little bit of importance as I do JKR
> does expect her heroes to follow, IMO), so isn't it possible that 
> Dumbledore summons Snape precisely because he expects Snape at
> such critical time to change his nature AND behave like a hero?

Jen: I would wonder if the potion affected Dumbledore's brain if he 
thought that :). He believes in second chances and offers 
opportunities for change, but no, I don't remember him every expecting 
a personality change in the middle of crisis. It makes me laugh to 
think of Snape acting like a Sirius or James, swooping around the 
tower taking on all the DE's while attempting to safeguard a weakened 
Dumbledore and Invisible Harry; that's for the heroes to do, and Snape 
has never been one. Heroes choose the right side from the start for 
one thing. They don't slither out of action or become spies, and they 
always get the girl <g>. (In all fairness I know others laugh at the 
idea of Snape doing the right thing by killing anyone, let alone 
Dumbledore.)

So Snape is somebody else in the series and I think of him as the anti-
hero because I'm not sure *what* to call him. Snape gets clean-up 
duty. He's the workhorse, the one with the crap jobs. In that sense 
killing Dumbledore fits perfectly. It's not about some sweeping noble 
gesture or some evil moment, but more like a thankless task the golden 
sons couldn't and wouldn't do. Probably because they wouldn't make a 
huge mess of things in the first place or would get helped out of 
their dilemma as if by magic <g>. They are the ones who get to fight 
all the Death Eaters on the tower and win, or die in a blaze of glory 
with a moment of piercing sadness. Snape gets what's left. Maybe it's 
what he deserves, maybe not.

Jen R.