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About Snape.....
..those of you who are making comments about how evil Snape is and how he'll one day turn back to the side of evil, or how his digust and hatred for Harry wil eventually corrupt him have yet to consider one thing, above all others....
Rowling is very well known and very, very good at two things as far as her stories go, and those things are exploring racism/bigoted thoughtpatterns and the reasons behind it, and allowing her readers and characters to perhaps understand that true redemption is beyond no one, as long as they're trying and really want to become redeemed.
Snape may've once been a DeathEater, but i don't think he was by any means as evil as, say Lucious Malfoy or Belletrix Lestrange, who comes off as one supremely evil bitch. Snape may have gone over to the dark side, but he came back to Dumbeldore for some reason, and i happen to think that this reason was pretty good and will be very valid when concerning Snape's overrall charcter and personality sometime between now and the release of the last novel. For those of you who make it your business to kep up with Rowling's interviews, you'll remember that she said certain things of great importance are touched upon in the films, even if a few larger parts of the novel's storyline are left out. In the POA, when Lupin becomes the werewolf beneath the light of the moon, you may've not noticed that Snape jumped before the students, even Harry, to protect them as best he could. The scene with him poised before the three of them with his arms spread to either side before them as they stood behind him comes to mind whenever i think of true villainy in the Potter novels. He flew into this action as though it was second nature, even at great risk to his own life. Is this the action of one who is truly evil? I don't think so. He could've allowed the kids to be killed by Were-Lupin and lied about it when it came up. But he saved them. This isn't the only time that Snape has come to Harry's rescue, saving him from certain death. He agreed to teach Harry Occluemency. (Or however it's spelled) In OTPhoenix, he tried to stop Harry inadvertently telling Umbridge of Sirius's postion and danger at the DOMysteries..which might've made her aware of the Order's Activities...to me it seems that he didn't want her to know that certain things were going on right under her nose, including the existance of Dumbeldore's army....it seems as if he tried to stop Harry being let out of Umbridge's sight, thereby allowing him to go and try to save Sirius on his own, possibly killing himself and a few other students as well. In SS, he tries throughout the entire book to stop Quirrell before he can bring Voldemort to full power with the stone. Think of how Rowling writes, how she's written the series so far, and then think of where she's most likely to take the remainder of the story. I think Snape will be revealed to be a true hero in the end of things. Hey, he may not be perfect, but then what intersting antagonists are? He may be a bit of an ass to Harry and other students, but in the end, it's his actions that really matter. He's come off as a complete jerk even as he stays at Hogwarts beneath Dumbeldore to do things that put him squarely on the side of good. Look at an obvious parellel of this situation...Umbridge comes off as a law abiding official of the MOM, but the whole time she's at Hogwarts, she's doing evil things beneath the guise of doing good. Does that make sense? I think it does. Snape may be a jerk, but sometimes, even jerks don't look so bad alongside total evil. |
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