Snape's culpability again: Should now be Snape's redemption

[Lyn J. Mangiameli]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
<snip of another installment of an interminable dialog, to be redeemed by the following> 
> Now, as to why I think we just saw Snape's redemptive scene.
> What is redemption? What is the proof that  you've truly repented
> of your sin? Well, one definition is, when you face the same
> temptation and resist it. 
> 
> Let's take Dumbledore at his word, since we're discussing loyal 
> Snape, and say that the great regret of Snape's life is that he took
> the prophecy to Voldemort. Why did he do it? Not for revenge 
> on the people it referred to -- he had no idea who they were. 
> No, it was, it must have been,  for the glory of delivering this 
> information to Voldemort, who would surely honor him  for 
> this precious knowledge.
> 
> Likely Snape never even thought about how it would be used, so
> blinded was he by the thought of being lifted above all other
> DE's, even the purebloods he envied so. We do more harm by
> indifference...
> 
> So,  Snape had a choice  on the tower. He could have attacked 
> the Death Eaters, one against four, saved Draco (and Harry), 
> taken down the notorious Fenrir Greyback, who's  probably 
> worth an OM all by himself, made a last ditch effort to save 
> Dumbledore, risked everything on the chance that he could 
> cure him and that Dumbledore knew some way of
> defeating the vow. (No magic is foolproof, right?) Glorious.
> The whole WW would get down on their knees and thank him.
> 
> But Dumbledore begged him not to, IMO. Dumbledore begged 
> him to go on with his role, though Snape will never now receive
> Dumbledore's recognition, though it may be neither Harry nor 
> the wizarding world will ever know what Snape did for them.
> 
> Because only by Voldemort's side will Snape be in a position 
> to weaken him so that when Harry  finally faces him, he'll 
> have a chance. They're a jigsaw puzzle, Harry and Snape, 
> each with a power the other will never have, and only with 
> backup will Harry be strong enough to take Voldie
> down.
> 
> Yeah, I think Harry can figure all this out. It won't
> be easy, but that's what the seven hundred pages are for.
> 

Lyn now, but superflously,

Wonderfully reasoned and IMO, spot on. And I agree, Harry will eventually figure this out, 
though I'm not sure it will be before Snape's death, so Snape may well be cheated of that 
recognition as well. As I proffered some time ago about the possibility of Harry being 
branded a coward for not taking on LV before the HXs are all destroyed, I think JKR is 
preparing Harry to come to the point of emphathizing, and partially understanding Snape. 
She has been leading us in this direction at least since the Occulemency lessons, and I 
suspect we will see more events of this sort early in the next book.