'...He was taking too much for granted'

[wynnleaf]

No: HPFGUIDX 161595

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> Pippin:
 
> Any outcome that lets Harry go on believing in the myth of Killer!
Snape,
> even reluctant Killer!Snape, makes things too easy, IMO. Harry has to
> realize that it's a myth (assuming DDM!Snape of course) that he is
> using to avoid confronting his own sense of responsibility. 

wynnleaf

This got me thinking about JKR's intent with the parallel descriptions 
of Harry and Snape's "hatred" and "revulsion/repulsed."  Generally, 
the focus in discussion regarding these descriptions is that JKR's 
intent was to show that Snape is feeling more or less the same things 
Harry was -- revulsion for his action in AKing Dumbledore and hatred 
at himself for having to do it.

But I had not thought to flip over the meaning of what JKR is doing 
here.  It isn't just that Snape is like Harry in intent and action, 
but also that Harry is like Snape.  

We had already been shown that Harry was repressing his own sense of 
responsibility for Sirius' death and was transferring a lot of that 
guilt into his hatred of Snape, blaming Snape for Sirius' death almost 
as much as or more than he was blaming Bellatrix and Voldemort.  

Perhaps JKR's intent in using the parallel descriptions of Harry and 
Snape, is not solely to give us a hint at what Snape thinks and feels 
at that moment, but also to show us that Harry will need to eventually 
come to grips with his own actions and deal with his own sense of 
guilt, rather than projecting all of that guilt onto Snape.

wynnleaf, who just can't see JKR resolving Harry's conflicts with 
Snape through a last minute sacrificial death on Snape's part, and 
an "I guess he was loyal after all," realization by Harry.