Snape still gives off that stalker vibe to me

[leslie41]

No: HPFGUIDX 172493

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "prep0strus" <prep0strus at ...> 
wrote:
 
> And worse... that spot of goodness couldn't even make him a not evil
> person until it was directly affected.  It didn't stop him from 
> going towards the dark arts, towards voldemorte, towards hatred to 
> an entire group of people (a group of people he is a part of, in 
> fact).  He had a bad childhood, but harry didn't even have a 'lily' 
> the first 11 years of his life.

Leslie41:
Of course all that's true, and that's why Rowling talks about Snape's 
life as being part of a redemptive pattern.  He evolves past that, 
and redeems himself.

Prepostrus:
> If Harry wasn't the object of the prophecy, Snape would likely never
> have changed the path he was on.  He would've continued on the side 
> of evil, killing people that Lily loved - even James or Harry if he 
> had crossed their paths.

Leslie41:
Perhaps.  But that's a "what if".  What *really* happens in the books 
is that Snape turns away from the Dark Arts, and helps to save the 
world.  Why not judge him by what he actually does, instead of what 
he might have done?  Harry *might* have been in Slytherin.  He 
*might* have fallen into the Dark Arts just like Voldemort.  But we 
judge him by what he does, which is to resist Voldemort, and 
sacrifice himself for the greater good.

Just like the man Harry claims is the bravest man he ever knew, 
Snape.