[ SECRET POST #2805 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2805 ⌋

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Comments

I have no idea why you have to either think he's a hero or you hate him. Seriously.

[(Anonymous)]

Snape is a fascinating character, but he's not a good person. For me, one of the things that really deepened Snape as a character was finding out that "Snape's Worst Memory" wasn't because James and Sirius were bullying him. It was because that was the day that he well and truly fucked up his friendship with Lily. Of course, Snape blames James and Sirius for making him act like a jerk, but that's the kind of thing a lot of people can relate to, even if it's not very admirable.

You also have to remember that Snape didn't change sides because he suddenly (or even gradually) realized that what the Death Eaters were doing was morally wrong. He changed sides because Voldemort killed Lily, and that broke him. Snape was broken and Dumbledore used that because Dumbledore was a little bit ruthless when it came to the greater good. But nothing indicates that Snape ever "reformed." He nurtured his grudge against James and Harry because accepting that he may have been wrong about either of them meant accepting that Lily's death was entirely his fault. And at the end, he sacrificed himself for Lily's sake, not Harry's. Snape was a tragic figure and he didn't lack physical courage, but he was also petty, selfish and cruel. That, combined with his obvious deathwish, knocks him out of the hero category for some people, but it also makes him interesting.

Re: I have no idea why you have to either think he's a hero or you hate him. Seriously.

[(Anonymous)]

He had a grudge, yes, and wasn't a good person. But I do think he did change his mind about Voldemort and believed in the cause, he just wasn't a good person about it.

Re: I have no idea why you have to either think he's a hero or you hate him. Seriously.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT - What, specifically, makes you think he believed in the cause? I'm honestly curious. Personally, I think he believed in the cause of not letting the guy who killed Lily win. He believed in that cause enough to die for it. Beyond that, I'm not sure he really believed in anything.