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

[nikkalmati]

No: HPFGUIDX 190585



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" <dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
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> Alla:
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> Sorry I am so used to the short hand about myself being OK with Snape being killed in Shrieking Shack by now that I did not explain myself properly.  *I* as a reader would have been perfectly ok with fictional character Snape being killed in the Shack, that is absolutely correct. Of course with the disclaimer that then we would have had a different story, but yes, I think that several characters in Potterverse would have had a stronger shot at longer and happier lives had Snape died or never happened. However from that it does not follow that I think that IF Sirius wanted to kill Snape (I did not admit that that is what he did, I only admit that both inferences are equally likely because canon did not give us Sirius mindset' that night), that it makes it ok for the character. In other words, I may feel good if Snape dropped dead much earlier than he did, because then he would have never gave the prophecy to Voldemort and never tormented Harry as he did, but I of course would not think that wanting to kill another human is an Okay thing to do. Same thing that I do not think that if Snape wanted to kill Lupin it was an okay thing to do. I do not see a contradiction here, I just interjected my reaction as reader, thats all.
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Nikkalmati

Ok lets speculate.  If Snape was killed in the Shack, was James killed also?  That's one possibility.  If just Snape was killed, I presume Lupin would have been exposed and possibly killed also, but this time by the Wizarding judicial system.  Would DD have remained at Hogwarts?  Would there have been a Prophecy?  It looks like DD would have been humiliated at the least.  There would have been no Order of the Phoenix and no stopping Voldemort. I doubt anyone would have lived a longer or a happier life. IMHO
 
Nikkalmati