Excusing Snape of any responsibility ( was Re: Nitwit? - Remus John Lupin)

[Dana]

No: HPFGUIDX 168190

colebiancardi:
> I think what Betsy is getting at is what JKR stated about the HBP
> book.  In an interview, JKR stated that Book 6 and Book 7 are 
> actuallyto be read as one big book.  So, if Book 6's ending is only 
> the half-way mark in one book, then Betsy is correct in her 
> assumption(andmine as well) - if Snape was bad-to-bone, he would be 
> a "hero" at the end of Book 6, with his true colors showing at the 
> end of book 7 (the big bang!).  This is a major hint from JKR, as 
> in all of her books,the one that Harry suspects is evil and bad 
> throughout most of the book, turns out not to be and vice versa.  

Dana:
To some extend I understood what she said but not in relation to the 
revelation of book 6, because JKR does not have to wait till book 7 
to reveal Snape's loyalties. 

This is what JKR says about book 6 

"Book 6 will be a "time for answers, not more questions and clues
."

http://www.accio-quote.org/themes/book6.htm

This means that the mystery and the big bang she is referring to 
doesn't have to be about Snape and of course she doesn't mind 
everybody thinking it will be because it will prevent people actually 
being busy with unravelling the true conclusion and the big bang of 
the series. 

It is precisely your statement (not it being yours but the essence of 
the idea you bring fort) here about Harry being wrong through out the 
books that makes me believe that JKR is turning it around. It is time 
for Harry to be right but wrong about the way he will let this being 
right influencing him.  This is what is the important thing about 
what we learned about Lily in book 5 and what Harry has to do next. 

We will find out the significant information about Harry's mother in 
two parts: books 5 and 7. Both are "very important in what Harry ends 
up having to do."

http://www.accio-quote.org/themes/potters.htm

Lily stood up for Snape against someone she probably loved already 
and maybe she disliked Snape too but she did not let these things 
influence how she acted out for what she believed to be right, while 
James does act out his hatred for Snape, either for Snape himself or 
because of his hatred for the Dark Arts and Snape fascination with 
it. 

We see Sirius acting out his hatred and we see Snape acting out his 
hatred as well and it is time for Harry that even if his hatred has a 
true basis for it, to do the right thing.  
It is not time for Harry to be wrong about Snape one more time this 
will not be a big bang, we have been there done that. It is time for 
Harry to actually outgrow his mentors and make him able to oversee 
the situations as the actually are. DH will all be about Harry seeing 
the truth and understanding the true meaning of it all, a new Snape 
plot is not needed for DH to end with a bang. It might not even be 
Snape saving Harry but Harry saving Snape that would be a really big 
bang considering. 

JMHO

Dana