Cedric, Snape and carma was re: Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban

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> > > > Alla:
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> > > > Goodness, no, not a reward, a carmic payback, for tormenting James's son for one of many James' offenses amongst them being saving him IMO.
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> Potioncat:
> Happy dance aside....
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> karmic justice? I think not. Although there is a real pattern, Snape went to the Shrieking Shack three times that we know of and all three times turned out badly. At least twice he went there because of Harry.
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> If you think Snape's death was karma for how he treated James's son what do you think James's and Lily's deaths were---punishment for how they treated young Severus?
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> So while I see where you are coming from, and defend your opinion, I don't agree with the interpretation. I do think Snape died as part of the construction of this type of story. All of Harry's father figures die (except for Arthur--thankyou JKR for that small mercy)
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> JMO you know.


Alla:

I snipped stuff about Snape doing or not doing something selfish and dangerous, since I have to agree to disagree on that one, and even though we have to agree to disagree on this part too most likely, I just have to note that no, I do not see James and Lily's deaths as punishments for treating young Snape. Because to me it is a canon fact (I also respect different interpretations of this, but will never agree with it), that young Snape treated Lily many times more despicably than the way she treated him. I see Lily and James' deaths as casualties of war, but while from within the story I would have loved for them to live, I at least hope that Snape suffered and suffered a lot when he learned that Lily died, in other words I hope that in a sense her death was his punishment too for revealing the prophecy. Yes, I know he looked like a man in pain when he came to Dumbledore, but I hope his pain lasted a lifetime. As I said I would have loved a long life for them, even though the story would not have existed the way we know it. I know I said it before, that I am more than happy the way story was written, it is when I am starting to think of characters as *real people* is when I am wishing for Harry to have parents, for Sirius not to go to Azkaban and for Snape to die in Shrieking shack, if it was possible that nobody else would have suffered because of his death.

JMO,

Alla