Of Sorting and Snape

[hickengruendler]

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Lizzyben:

 (This goes back to the agonized child 
> we're not supposed to help in King's Cross). It's a totally harsh & 
> deterministic view of human nature, but that's what's offered. 
> Basically, I've just been trying to figure out if Snape gets to go 
> to heaven. And based on the cosmology of the Potterverse, it seems 
> like the answer is no. That breaks my heart, for real.

Hickengruendler:

The child hat nothing to do with Snape. It was part of Voldemort's 
soul. Voldmeort did it to himself through killing and splitting his 
soul. This soul could have been helped, while Voldemort was still 
alive. After death, it was too late, and other people can not undo, 
what Voldmeort did to himself. Hermione said it in the chapter with 
the ghoul and Harry said it again in the last chapter. It could have 
been saved by Vodlemort showing regret, because then the sould could 
heal. Voldemort didn't, and we are shown which fate awaits him, not 
for being a Slytherin, but for being an evil and remorseless 
murderer, who split his soul several times. Snape, in contrast, did 
show regret and truly repented, what he did. He went through the 
painful development, which Hermione mentioned. He therefore can hope 
for a much better afterlife, than the Voldemort baby.