Readdressing Snape

[gioiamia]

On another note, I found THIS ESSAY to be very interesting regarding Snape. I still hold to the camp that says that Dumbledore's opinion of Snape is the important one. But I definitely see this person's points and find the OotP evidence particularly damning.

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[gioiamia]

I read an essay prior to HBP about the shipping circumstances which made basically the same point: That if this was RL Harry might logically wind up with someone else, but that since it isn't, the author of the essay thought all signs pointed to H/G.

I do agree with your bottom line point on this. JKR has said repeatedly that Dumbledore speaks for her. And in spite of some red herrings I thing she threw out, I just don't see this falling any other way.

In RL, the timing for the OotP/MoM battle would be very damning in a court room setting. There would be no way for Snape to excuse that sort of evidence. But we're talking about a world in which September 1st and 2nd can both fall on a Monday (in the same year). So the author pretty much has the right to just magic away anything that doesn't fit her overall plan for the character.

More than that, though, I think your point about redemption is the cincher. There's an overall theme she's woven in here about grey characters. And although I'm not saying there's no room for us to wind up being surprised, I would say at this point that unless I'm missing the point she's trying to make with Snape, he's unlikely to turn out to be evil.

Still, I really enjoyed that essay. I stumbled on that community the other day and f-listed it because they seem to have some pretty intelligent discussions, whether or not one agrees with all the points made.