The Continuing Tragedy of Severus Snape: Reflections on Books 1-5

[colebiancardi]

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> > wynnleaf:
> > 3.  JKR has had Harry time and again reject Dumbledore's trust in
> > Snape.  Therefore Harry, as DDM!Harry, will come to trust DDM!Snape.
> > 
> > Harry can forgive Snape in a dying!Snape scene.  But it takes time 
> to
> > build trust.  So I think that Harry will have some time over the
> > course of DH to overcome his hatred, forgive Snape, *and* learn to
> > trust him.  So no forgiveness while Snape is dying -- it's too 
> quick.
> > 
> > But that doesn't mean Snape will live.
> > 
> > I am very curious as to what those of you who agree with DDM!Snape
> > think.  Will Snape live or die and why?
 
colebiancardi here:

I am of the mind that Snape will live.  I don't know what will happen
to him after book 7 - ie does he go back to Hogwarts with his
credentials intact, open up his own business, move to another country,
become a grumpy old man, find the love o' his life, marry and have 10
kids?  

but I think he will live.  JKR wished Snape a Happy Birthday this year
- doesn't that mean he will survive book 7?  Or is that just
speculation?  I always thought that if she wished one of her
characters a happy birthday, that means, in Potter-land, that
character is alive today, as the books are now about 10 years in the
past.  Has any character ever been wished a happy birthday but died in
the books so far? 

anyway, that is why I think Snape will live - slim pickings, I know.

colebiancardi