Defense of Snape in POA. Was:Re: Snape, Apologies, and Redemption

[lanval1015]

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Ceridwen: 
> The Prank seems to play some important part in the backstory 
leading 
> up to the Potters' death, the temporary vanquishment of LV, 
Snape's 
> damaged emotions, in fact, the entire underlying base of the story 
> that we're reading.  I sincerely hope there is something more to 
it 
> than merely a schoolboy prank gone wrong.  I hope we learn 
everything 
> about it in book 7, because it does seem to be important to the 
> current events.  Until then, all we have is speculation based on 
how 
> we each interpret the characters and surrounding events.
> 
> Dang, that's disappointing!

Lanval:

Thank you for this excellent analysis; it's a superbly balanced and 
well-thought out explanation, and I agree on all points. Though I 
would add, about the 'escalating war': at other times it may well 
have been Snape who started it. It does say somewhere that Snape 
gave as good as he got, no?