[HPforGrownups] Re: 7 reasons why - The Glass is Half Empty.

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 175000

Julie H.:

his allegiances never are clear, imo. He
appears to be DDM grudgingly, almost in spite of himself, through some idea
that this is
what he owes Lily -- not through any growing realization that DD's side is
indeed morally
superior to LV's side. He does not seem to have progressed from "I'm
suffering because I
lost Lily" to "I want to be DDM because i'd rather serve good than serve
evil." He does not,
really, appear to have transcended his fascination with the dark side, other
than the choice
he made that resulted in Lily's death. He is DDM solely because he loves
Lily, not because
he loves DD or hates LV.

Lynda:

I understand the "ick factor" for you. I don't share it, however. I always
thought that Snape was working for DD and the ministry and at the same time
I never thought of him as being necessarily good, for the sake of goodness,
nice, or not enchanted with the dark arts. It was obvious to me that he was,
in fact still attracted to the dark arts and had another purpose for working
for DD. So, his obsessive love for Lily being the motivation and that being
the only motivation, doesn't bother me. I've seen real people do similar
things, after all.

Lynda


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