Snape's role

[teddyb142002]

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> Angel
> I agree with everything you've said Snape had done yet disagree with
> your interpretation of the very same "acts".
>
> Snape's heroism is all the more poignant BECAUSE of his
> prejudices.  In spite of such terrible and deep scars he fought for
> Harry, he saved Harry, risked life and limb for an ungrateful
> hateful Harry, who wore the face of Snape's arch nemesis and the
> saw Snape through the eyes of unrequited love/guilty conscience.
> Whatever hate Snape bore towards Harry was fully reciprocated
> despite having saved his life many times, Harry was not the least
> grateful.

> As for love, you can't possibly be arguing that sending the darkest
> deadliest hateful yet stupidest wizard to off someone's husband and
> child so you might have a chance with them could be construed as
> love could you???
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Ted: I never said that Snape's love was perfect, or healthy, or even
desirable.  You admitted that Snape had inadvertently sent Voldemort
hunting the Potters, so it's not the act of telling him the prophecy
that is an expression of his love, but his enlisting of Dumbledore for
their protection that is the act of love.  What makes it selfish is
that he acts only to protect what he loves, thinking nothing of what
Lily loves.  Pretty imperfect love, but still powerful enough to allow
Lily to make the sacrifice that gives Harry his protection.

I have also stated that I think that Harry had a lot to do with the
animosity between himself and Snape.  He is also a child who has been
treated badly for no reason apparent to him, so its hard to hold him
too accountable.  The true tragedy of Snape and Harry's relationship
was that they couldn't find some common ground in their love of Lily
to build some sort of a positive relationship.

Ted