A Simpler Scenario

[pippin_999]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "nrenka" <nrenka at y...> wrote:
> 
> IMO, it would also really defang the end of the book to then go
"But  it was a fake AK, and Snape cast this other spell instead,
and..."  The interest is in *why* Snape did such a horrific thing.
> 

Pippin:
It's defanged already, in my poor misguided view of things, because
even if Snape murdered Dumbledore for the greater glory of Voldemort,
without a smidgen of mercy or remorse, or for love of Narcissa, sob,
sob, or to make himself the greatest wizard the world has ever seen,
mwahahaha, it wouldn't be as horrific or as devastating  as Lupin's 
murder of Sirius, should that be revealed. 

Jo reluctantly admits to being upset about having to kill Dumbledore, 
with an air of, well, the old guy with the beard always buys it, what
did  you expect. But there were buckets of tears shed for Sirius, we
are promised we'll understand why it was Sirius who had to go, it's
Sirius for whom she has said she feels guilty.


Why *Lupin* did such a horrific thing -- ah, there's the question. 


On TOL the other day someone asked if it wouldn't be sending the
wrong message to kids if they were told they could not trust their
instincts about  an abuser like Snape. There was a reply that no RL 
child would ever be in danger of  having more to do with someone 
like Snape than they could help.  

The people who take advantage of children  are more like Lupin, the
poster continued,  kind in manner, but behaving in ways that are not 
right, and it's this combination that confuses the child about
whether to trust his insincts or not.

Pippin
noting that Lupin's pledge of support at the end of OOP turned out
to be hollow, what a surprise <veg>