Snape really was a Good Guy - Canon in the House

[colebiancardi]

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> > >>Chuck:
> > I, too, have struggled with the complexity of Snape's character, his
> > relationship with Harry, Dumbledore, and the rest of the Order of   
> > the Phoenix.  While it was clear even before DH that Snape's       
> > remorse over the death of Lily is what turned him around, to see it 
> > in print in the Pensive was unnerving (the whole Pensive sequence   
> > is my favorite part of the whole series).
> > 
> > While I too feel a sense of wanting more, I think that JKR did her
> > best: we now know that the ONLY reason that Snape turned was his
> > remorse over Lily's death.  Had she not died, he wouldn't have been
> > "saved."  So does that diminish his "good" acts from that point on? 
> > Is he only being "good" because of the remorse?
 

colebiancardi:

ahhh, but doesn't Snape state he would do "anything" for Dumbledore
PRIOR to Lily's death?  So, I think, regardless if she lived or died,
Snape would still have been saved.  Snape was DD's man when he told
him he would do anything for Dumbledore if DD would protect Lily & her
family.  

The scene that takes place after she died is where DD has to
manipulate Snape to stay on his side.  DD tells Snape to protect Harry
 in Lily's memory.  Snape agreed to do so.  

But, like I stated, if Lily hadn't of died, Snape would have still
been spy for Dumbledore and done all of the things he was asked to do,
because he told him he would do *anything*

colebiancardi