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[adamjmarcantel]

No: HPFGUIDX 173104

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rowena_grunnionffitch" 
<G3_Princess at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "adamjmarcantel"
> <adamjmarcantel@> wrote:
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> > I don't think Snape is a "hero" or "heroic".  I think his last
> > words "Look at me" were so he could see Lily's eyes as he died,
> > showing (at least to me) that his overriding motivation was still
> > Lily.  End of point.
> 
> rowena_grunnionffitch:
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<<<Snip>>>I repeat: if Lily is still the be all and end all *WHY* is
> sorrowing lover telling her son to get himself killed???
> 
> The only reason I can think of is because, like DD and Harry 
himself, defeating Voldemort has become Snape's prime objective.
><<<Snip>>>

I think I am running up on my 5 post limit, but that's ok.  I think 
that if defeating VM was the primary objective, Snape would not have 
acted the way he did toward McGonagall(sp?) in the hall.  He knew 
Harry was there (that's what I took, anyway) and I assume he knew 
what Harry's presence meant.  He had to know the gig was up...he 
could have told Harry then, but he didn't.  That would have been his 
hero turn.  However, he was still playing the role of VM servant, a 
role he played to protect Harry, a protection he only gave to help 
save Lily.  Yes, it was brave of him to get those memories to Harry, 
but it was also incredibly lucky Harry was even there to get them 
(and, for that matter, that Hermione was there to conjucture a cup).  
Had he not done that, then his protection of Harry, and thereby his 
penance for Lily's death, would have been for nothing.  Overriding 
motivation: Lily.  I know I am not being very objective, but that's 
my view.

Adam, who, despite all of this, still admires Snape way more than I 
admire James or Sirius