Snape's Culpability in the Prank (WAS: James and Sirius)

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Carol:
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Harry, if he survived (an iffy prospect considering that the DEs
outnumbered the Order members and were picking them off one at a time)
would have been an ordinary Wizarding kid with no scar, no special
powers, no connection to Voldemort, no special destiny. And while that
sounds good, a happy life for Harry, who would not be targeted by
Voldemort, and no lessons with Snape, we need to think about what the
WW would be if Voldemort had stayed in power. He would have found a
way to kill Dumbledore and taken over the WW and Hogwarts seventeen
years earlier. Harry might not even have had a Hogwarts to go to, or
it would have been all-Slytherin, as Voldemort attempted to make it 
in DH.
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Yep. No story without Snape, even setting aside his role in the main
text of the books and looking only at his early actions. Or at least,
a very different story, with Harry's role greatly diminished and no
(relatively) happy ending.

Carol, again just looking at the unintended consequences of young
Snape's actions and their impact on the story

Alla:

Well, yes, who is questioning that there would be no story without 
Snape? I thought it was pretty clear ( to me anyways)  that Mike was 
wishing for Snape being dead from within of the story so to speak.

I would be delighted if I look at the events of Potterverse as if 
they were real that Snape would never entered Harry's life. Again, IF 
I look at the characters who do not know that they are in the book.

I believe that he set up that all, I believe that he shaped Harry's 
life, helped rob him of his parents, accordingly contributed to the 
misery he had at Dursleys, although that is more removed of course, 
etc.

I believe since we are looking at the fictional world, I have a 
luxury to not care about eleven years of piece for WW that were 
bought by the misery of one boy ( obviously fictional one as well).

So, what I am trying to say? Oh, first that I pretty much agree with 
everything Mike said in his recent posts about Prank ( I especially 
thank you Mike for articulating what I wanted to say and could not 
figure out how about two parts of the Prank, and Sirius' actions not 
causing Snape's, etc), second that I also would not mind Snape being 
dead (YAY), but I do not want him being dead during the prank, I do 
not think Remus deserved such misery added to his general misery.

Couldn't he be dead when he went to serve Voldy and right away? Then 
at least he would not have a chance to deliver prophecy.

Oh well, at least JKR had a good sense to kill him off at the end if 
you ask me. 

But having said that I was always saying it and say it again – as a 
character in the story he is definitely fascinating. Such strong 
feelings he inspires be it love or hate, heheh, always did. 

JMO,
Alla