"Bad Snapers," Karma, and the End of Snape (was Re: Of Sorting and Snape)

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 175483

  
> lizzyben:
> 
> Yes, I agree about the "karmic arcs" inherent in Snape's death. 
> Which is why I've earlier stated that he got a "villian's death", 
> not a hero's death. The "good guys" do die quite often, but they 
> don't get that ironic end that the bad guys get - essentially 
> hoisted on their own petard.  

Hickengruendler:

I'm not sure. I found some of the "good guys" deaths pretty ironic as 
well, most notably Sirius'. He was killed by a family member on 
Ministry of Magic grounds, after all. By a member of the same family 
he seeked to escape and at the very place, where the people lived, 
who had put a death penalty on his head a few years ago. Similarly, 
Dobby being mortally wounded in Malfoy Manor of all places is darkly 
ironic, even though he lived long enough to die outside Shall 
Cottage. I also found it ironic, that Fred Weasley died, when 
something blew up, given that blowing up things was about his 
favourite hobby. I do have to admit, though, that I don't know how 
much of it is intended by JKR and how much is simply my reading of 
it. The only two deaths, where I'm absolutely sure, the irony is 
there on purpose, are Sirius and Snape's.