Mourning Snape's life

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No: HPFGUIDX 183108

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kiricat4001" <zarleycat at ...> 
wrote:
>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "seventeensilversickles" 
> <formerlysane@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> > 
> > When Snape died, I was quite upset because I'd become very fond 
of 
> him 
> > (despite his basic unpleasantness).  But the emptiness of Snape's 
> life 
> > was even more disturbing to me than his death.  He was such a 
> great 
> > character, so many layers and facets to the man.  
> > 

I think your reaction was a very common one. I was very upset by the 
end JKR gave him and the lack of any resolution with Harry compounded 
it. The fact that lots of people felt the same is borne out by the 
number of Fanfics which have been written to try to end the story in 
a way that is more satisfying for those of us who 'needed' Snape 
vindicated properly.

I came to feel that the whole series was actually 'The Tragedy of 
Severus Snape'. His tragic flaw as a teenager led him into a life 
lived solely to try to right the wrong. He 'died' when Lily did and 
the rest of his life was a living purgatory. Bleak indeed.

RIP Severus.