Severus lives!

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No: HPFGUIDX 174536

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Lisa" <sassymomofthree at ...> 
wrote:
>
> 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.

>From JKR's live chat:
"Was the absence of Snape's portrait in the headmaster's office in 
the last scene innocent or diliberate? JKR: It was deliberate.  
Snape had effectively abandoned his post before dying, so he had not 
merited inclusion in these august circles.  However, I like to think 
that Harry would be instrumental in ensuring that Snape's portrait 
would appear in due course."

CathyD