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

[Zara]

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> Dana:
> I'm not trying to persuide you to think otherwise about there being 
> more to Snape then HBP has shown us but JKR's hints can be 
> interpretted in many different ways too, it is not proof that it 
will 
> all be about Snape and to be honest I do not think it will be but 
> that is just my opinion.

zgirnius:
It seems to me that a better indication about Snape's role and 
importance in DH is not interview comments which are generalizations 
about Book 6, but what she has actually said about Snape and Book 7. 
Because she went on record about it right after HBP was published. 

> Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet Interview:
> MA: OK, big big big book six question. Is Snape evil?

> JKR: [Almost laughing] Well, you've read the book, what do you 
think?

> ES: She's trying to make you say it categorically.
> MA: Well, there are conspiracy theorists, and there are people who 
will claim -

> JKR: Cling to some desperate hope [laughter] -

> ES: Yes!
> MA: Yes!
> ES: Like certain shippers we know!

>JKR: Well, okay, I'm obviously – Harry-Snape is now as personal, if 
not more so, than Harry-Voldemort. I can't answer that question 
because it's a spoiler, isn't it, whatever I say, and obviously, it 
has such a huge impact on what will happen when they meet again that 
I can't. And let's face it, it's going to launch 10,000 theories and 
I'm going to get a big kick out of reading them so [laughs] I'm evil 
but I just like the theories, I love the theories.

zgirnius:
I conclude from this first, that Rowling does consider Snape's 
loyalties at the end of Book 6 to be one of the mysteries she has put 
into the books. Both because she refuses to answer the question, and 
because she states that the answer is a spoiler.

My other conclusion is that Snape will play an important role in Book 
7, he's not going to be dropped, with his role ended. Because Harry 
cares about him now, perhaps even more than he cares about Voldemort. 
And they will meet in person in the book, in a scene that is bound to 
be dramatic, interesting, and important to the story.