What Harry "knows", Was Why we'll get no further revelations Snape was Evil

[Dana]

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Wynnleaf:
> Harry has *always* hated Snape and has distrusted him throughout 
> the series.  Revelations that just reinforce what Harry already 
> thinks don't much move the plot and certainly don't move Harry 
> personally.  If you think about it, practically every revelation in 
> the series has been a revelation to *Harry* because he's the one 
> who has to have his thoughts and actions affected by the revelation.
> 
> Remember, revelations are *first* for the characters, and only 
> secondarily for the readers as they follow the characters thoughts 
> and actions.
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Dana:
Yes, the only problem is that Harry has been there done that. He has 
been repeatedly wrong about Snape and did it affect his hatred for 
him? No, it didn't because Snape still treated him like a little 
piece of vermin after that. 

After all Snape is said to have done in the five previous books Harry 
still questions DD and specifically asks him how he can be sure that 
Snape is still on their side. Harry being wrong one more time will 
not change Harry's feelings about Snape. 

Harry's revelation does not have to be Snape was good after all, the 
revelation Harry has to go through is one of the heart, his own 
heart. That it is not worth to hate someone so much even if there is 
every reason to hate him for eternity and that will only be truly 
dramatic if Snape proved Harry was right about him in the end and not 
Harry was wrong about him one more time. 

I do not like the idea that JKR would make Snape DDM because DD was 
dieing anyway that was still not a judgment Snape should have made. 
It is not up to Snape to decide when someone's time has finaly 
arrived. To me it would be far more interesting to have Snape stray 
on the path of evil while Harry is strong enough to resist going the 
same route. 

JMHO

Dana