Say it isn't so Lupin!!!

[Dana]

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> colebiancardi:
> 
> Ahhhh, yes....the first half of two and the "supposed" traitor is
> revealed in the middle of the book :)  DH, in my humble opinion, 
> will be the revelation that the "supposed" traitor in HBP is not 
> the traitor and there actually is another (re: PoA - Sirius was the
> "supposed" traitor until the end when it was revealed that it was
> Peter all along!).  So, if JKR follows her normal style, which I 
> have no doubt she will, the revelation of the true traitor will 
> come forward and that is important to the plot.  As you stated, DH 
> is the 2nd half of the a bigger book, and it will be stripping 
> away the misconceptions that Harry has in the first half(HBP)
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Dana:
There will be no new traitor revealed because DH will not be about 
turning HBP around but about the revelations of Harry's heart. The 
realisation that he is stronger then the pull of revenge and hatred 
that can drive a man to the side of evil. That is the real culprit 
in my opinion that will be revealed and that Harry has to beat to 
prepare him for his confrontation with LV. The next battle Harry has 
to endure is not a physical one against a true culprit that will 
suddenly jump out of the wood work and states "Harry you are wrong 
again about Sni.. um Severus Snape, it was I all along." Harry's 
final battle will be totally on the psychological plain, a battle 
with the raging forces inside himself and when he wins that battle 
then the truth finally becomes clear, so clear as water and he will 
then know precisely how to defeat LV. 

For the record Sirius revelation of not being the traitor was not 
the end of the book like we see with the other books, the true end 
of the book was when Harry found his father inside of him and the 
true story of PoA, Harry finding his father through his father's 
friends, finding that the true power of love is living very strongly 
inside him, now he only has to realise what enlightens that power 
and LV will be toast. JMHO

Everyone is so fixated on wanting to clear Snape of all 
responsibility that people seem to forget that the story is about 
Harry and his journey of growth. Harry will not be wrong but he will 
rise above the pettiness of revenge and hatred unlike Snape ever was 
able to do. It is Harry's fools journey (see tarot) and the final 
instalment will not be about defeating someone by physically killing 
or hurting that person or by being proven wrong. It will be the 
truth that will set Harry free but not Snape's truth but the truth 
of Harry's heart. 

As I stated before and will state again DD's trust in Snape is not 
an airtight clause that would prevent Snape from ever betraying DD. 
It is not DD that has to live up to the trust he gives but the 
people he gives it to. And there are many possibilities why Snape 
betrayed DD's trust in him but he nevertheless did and no matter 
what you believe was his reason but nothing in JKR's world justifies 
the killing of other people and if she makes an exception with Snape 
then indeed I will ask Lupinore if I can hire his wood chipper. 

JMHO

Dana, who totally doesn't care about the rules of literature and 
does not believe JKR will let her story be dictated to how it 
supposed to be instead of her writing it as she wants it to be.