Another Snape thread

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 152074


> Nikkalmati:
> Yes, he has had a lot of face time in the series.  JKR can't drop 
him  now.  
> He will play a key role somewhere.  If he is DDM, Harry will  have 
to have a 
> major change of heart during Book 7 as regards SS. I see  this 
development as 
> one of the major events of the book.  I hope it doesn't  require 
SS's death to 
> accomplish it.  
>  

Only, IMO, if SNAPE first has a profound change of heart about HARRY, 
including a profound and genuine apology for his abuse of Harry and 
Neville.  Anything else would, IMO, constitute a reprehensible 
failure on JKR's part, amounting to an approval of the abuse of 
children.

I would also caution against assuming that Snape will have a key role 
to play based only on his "face time."  I tend to agree that he does 
have an important role to play, but JKR does sometimes have a way of 
introducing characters, building them up, and then dropping them into 
the background.  Consider Lupin, for instance, who has been nothing 
more than an umbrella stand for two books now, or Luna, or Neville, 
or Tonks.


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