In the end...

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 171937

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, SnapesSlytherin at ... wrote:
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> 
> I've been thinking about this for some time while reading the 
list.? At the end of the day, I'll still believe what I always have 
about the characters.? Even with the Epilogue telling us the rest of 
their lives, I think I'll still believe what I believe.? What if ESE!
Lupin doesn't happen?? Does that mean he *really* wasn't ESE or that 
we just didn't find out he was ESE?? If Severus lives but stays with 
LV, is he really evil or is he trapped now?? I think JKR can tell me 
flat out: "And Severus Snape was an evil, evil, evil man and stayed 
with the Dark Lord forever," and I'll still have some doubt about it.
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> Why?
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> Because the characters aren't just hers anymore.? Since we've had 
years between the books, the characters have grown in our minds.? We 
give them backstories and lives -- sometimes even when the book 
doesn't match up (I still think Remus and Sirius are a couple).? Just 
look at all the people who don't believe Dumbledore is dead even 
though JKR has said it numerous times.
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> Just because it's her ending doesn't mean it's ours.
> 


Alla:

I sorta hear you partially Oryomai. Not discounting your reactions, 
just trying to explain mine.

If that makes sense, whether she leaves something blank, I can 
imagine something that she may have not intended, but if she does put 
definite information in, then I cannot imagine the opposite.

Take for example Snape and imagine the scenario that was brought up 
as possibly JKR's ultimate joke :)

So, say Snape shows up at the moment of Harry/Voldemort ultimate 
showdown and saves Harry, I don't know, steps up in front of him and 
dies, **without saying a word**, I want to stress this part.

So IMO in this scenario it is left open whether Snape was always DD!M 
OR was evil, had a revelation (I don't know, Lily came to him in his 
dream) AND decided to commit one redeeming act of evil man.

If this happens, then of course I would continue to imagine that 
Snape was evil and had revelation :) Just as good Snape fans would 
imagine that he was always DD!M.

BUT if Snape, before he dies, tells Harry his story, that he, I don't 
know participated in DD plan to kill him and was DD!M always, always, 
I am not capable of imagining that he is evil anymore, canon in my 
mind will always takes precedent.

Same with Remus and Sirius being a couple. I LOVED it, I still do, 
but if Remus accepts Tonks' love in book 7, I am afraid I cannot 
imagine it anymore.

Now, Snape and Sirius on the other hand.... <g>


And **of course** if Evil Lupin does not happen and Lupin, say dies 
like a hero or lives like a hero, um, no way I say he is evil, I mean 
how could he be, if he is not in the books. For me of course.

JMO,

Alla