Snape and Harry

[dumbledore11214]

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> > Alla:
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> > One of my personal dissapointments with the series is that I never heard Snape apologizing to Harry. Simple "I was wrong Potter" after "Look at me" would have been enough for me.
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> Potioncat:
> OK, I'll go along with that,if it could have been,"Look at me. I was wrong, Potter. Miss Granger, apparate me to St. Mungo's now."


Alla:

Heeeeee, well that is one scenario for sure.


Potioncat: 
> I think Snape's life was atoning for James's and Lily's deaths--and showing Harry the memories that he did was his way of explaining it.

Alla:

I don't know, I am sure Snape thought in his mind that he was atoning for Lily's death by protecting Harry's life (till Dumbledore told him not to), although I still maintain that the man who truly wants to atone for the death of woman he loved would not treat her child that way. But I will go with his life being atonement for Lily's death. I cannot agree however that he felt the slightest need to atone for James' death. I mean, do not get me wrong, I am sure that especially at the end of his life he would not have WANTED James dead. However I speculate that he was very happy that James dead, but for him not being able to execute revenge on James for their school years and for the fact that James took Lily as a wife and not him. Speculation obviously, based on how I view Snape's character.


Potioncat: 
> I don't think Harry owes an apology for his father. How can you apologize for something that happened before you were born?

Alla:

Well, you know that whether I agree with you or not, I always considered you to be extremely fair Snape fan so thank you for saying that. :)


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> >Alla:
> > Although as far as I am concerned Harry's forgiveness of Snape, dislike it as I am, at least showed me that Harry IMO turned to be ten times better man than Snape ever was.
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> Potioncat:
> Harry was ten times the man of just about everyone--including Dumbledore, James, Sirius, Remus....
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Alla:

Oh this goes without saying. I am just saying that she could have indeed finished a story with Snape lecturing Harry on how he protected his life, so he should be grateful (never mind that he made that life so miserable), so I was very pleased that it was Harry giving forgiveness to Snape, even if I wanted him to do something different.