Snape and redemption WAS: Re: Would Harry forgiving Snape be character

[pippin_999]

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> Alla:
> 
> I am sorry, but I do not buy that success of Draco's redemption 
> somehow depends on Snape's. I think that if we will be shown that 
> Draco did something redemptive in book 7 and learn in the epilogue 
> that he went on to live productive life, that could be written quite 
> compellingly.

Pippin:
Draco is a relatively minor character -- his sins against Harry are
minor ones (even letting the DE's in, because Snape was
already in the castle) and frankly how many readers care whether 
he gets redeemed or not? Consider the number of posts discussing
Snape as opposed to the number discussing Draco. 

Whether Snape's redemption succeeds or fails, his will still be
the central redemption story simply because he's a more central
character than Draco. Even in HBP, where Draco seemingly had
the bigger part, it turned out that Snape was front and center all
along. The book isn't named after Malfoy.

Also, I don't like the idea that the entire older generation is so 
damaged that the chance of redemption is wasted on them. 
That would say that you can predict who is redeemable based 
on how damaged they are, and I think the whole point is that 
you can't predict and the only way to find out whether someone 
is worthy of a second chance is to give them one. 


Pippin