Re: The Prince’s Tale

[marika_thestral]

No: HPFGUIDX 172623

Marika wrote:

> Snape died before the last battle without even knowing if his
> efforts (to help Harry survive and conquer Voldemort) had been for
> nothing or if they actually made a difference. The last word spoken
>(yelled) to him from a member of the Order was Minerva calling him a
> coward (before he turned himself into a bat). In my point of view
> he had deserved to be recogised for who he really was and for all
> he had done before he died. The knowledge that he would go down in
> history as a brave and heroic man had probably made him pleased.

Mari now:

I'd like to offer a bit of comfort, based on something I am pretty
sure we can assume from previous canon. Remember, Snape was a
HEADMASTER of Hogwarts. Although Harry looks for Dumbledore, not
Snape when he returns to the office, presumably at some stage a
portrait of Snape would appear. It's not the same as being alive, and
knowing what has happened, but if he has a portrait in the office I
am sure he'd be told by someone that his mission was accomplished.
Also remember Harry has cleared Snape publicly before this, so if
McGonagall or any other teachers in the school wish to do so they can
communicate with his portrait in the office as well. I think its
pretty likely that they did :-)

Marika again:

Thanks for your comforting words :-)
It seems reasonable to believe that his portrait is in the
Headmaster's office, and I really hope it is.

Even nicer would have been if he had showed up among the dead people
Harry met when he used the stone. If so, that would have been the real
him (well, his soul, which hopefully passed on after his death - the
portraits are just fragments or memories of the persons in them - at
least I think so). I had also wanted to know if Lily forgave him.

Marika