LID!Snape rides again (was: High Noon for OFH!Snape)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 149964

Neri:
> 
> If Snape feels any remorse, it's obvious that it is limited in an
> extremely artificial and arbitrary way. It's only working for trying
> to save Harry's life, but not for any care for Harry's feeling. So
> what is the more likely explanation for that? That these restrictions
> on his remorse are a result of an arbitrarily schizoid character, or
> that they are a result of a magic with arbitrary clauses?  

Pippin:.
Dumbledore, AKA the epitome of goodness, sends Harry to the 
Dursleys and locks Sirius up at  GP.   James, the progenitor of 
this famous life debt, makes Snape's life hell for years on end, 
rushes into danger to save his skin, then goes right back to 
hexing Snape whenever he gets the opportunity. Are you going 
to say that they're arbitrarily schizoid too? 

Why should it be so hard to understand that for JKR's characters,
and maybe even for JKR herself, lives are a much bigger deal than
feelings? There's nothing artificial or inconsistent about that, it's
just a different set of values.

Pippin