Severus lives!

[Lisa]

No: HPFGUIDX 174491

Jazmyn:
> I noticed several things that make me believe that Snape somehow 
didn't 
> really die.
> 
> No headmasters painting of him.

Lisa:

We don't know that ... we just know that one wasn't mentioned.  If it 
had been there, it would've been sleeping, anyway, I would assume, 
like Dumbledore's was originally.

Jazmyn:
> 
> He never appeared as any of the dead people Harry saw while 
unconscious.

Lisa:

Well, those were Harry's loved ones.  Snape and Harry never got 
along, much less loved each other.

Jazmyn:

> His line early on, in the first book about 'stoppering death'.

Lisa:

I took that to mean making a potion to cause death.  A bottle full of 
death, with a stopper atop it.

Jazmyn:
> 
> If his body disappeared, the good guys would assume the DEs took 
care of 
> it and the DEs prob wouldn't care since he wasn't close to any of 
them 
> anyways.  Snape had no family to claim it, so if it was still 
laying 
> around, Harry or SOMEONE would have taken responsibility for his 
> funeral. Though its likely noone would have even bothered to look 
for 
> his body.. what with 50 other dead people to deal with.

Lisa:

Harry knew by this time that Snape was on his side, though -- I'm 
sure he'd've gone back.

Jazmyn:

> 
> The light going out in his eyes could have been a coma he slipped 
into 
> as potions he took before meeting with Voldemort took effect.  He 
is a 
> brilliant potions master and could have prepared something ahead of 
> time, knowing that Voldemort was keeping Nagini close and the end 
was 
> near, he would have prepared for it.

Lisa:

I think Snape had come to the end of his storyline, and Nagini killed 
him as Voldemort intended.

Jazmyn:
> 
> He has no good reason to stick around.  Thick headed people in the 
> wizard world would never trust him on just the good word of even 
Harry 
> Potter and a few pensive memories.  He would have preferred to go 
and 
> start a new life somewhere else, slipping away as only he can.  
Faking 
> his own death and moving on seems more his style then being killed 
by 
> some bloated snake...> 
> The idea he would WANT to die to join Lilly is foolish.. James 
already 
> has her even in the afterlife, so there is no peace for him there.

I think everyone forgives and forgets in "the afterlife," I hardly 
think old grudges continue.  At least, I hope not ... !

Lisa