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I want to talk about something related to the end of Half-Blood Prince but I don't want to spoil said ending for anyone who hasn't read the book. The discussion will therefore commence in the comments area, and I advise those of you who aren't yet finished NOT TO OPEN THE COMMENTS. Is that clear? No complaining that I spoiled it for you if you disregard this warning!
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posted by sophie at 19:54
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Sooooo: this Snape business. I am appalled. It has seemed to me that one of the points of this series is that people you don't get along with are not necessarily bad. That bad people can redeem themselves. That personal vendettas can be put aside in the service of a greater good.
Looks like I was wrong. If Harry doesn't like you, you must be a Death-Eater.
(Smacking head against wall.)
I LIKED that concept! I did! Can't Harry just be wrong once in a while?
So he wants to overthrow Voldemort but couldn't help putting the knife in Dumbledore? Erk. I can't see it. Especially not after the big discussion of the psychic aftereffects of committing murder. Snape has got to be all bad. Although he might have sat tight and continued spying if he hadn't had to save Malfoy's bacon.
Aren't you supposed to be watching a movie, child?
BTW, I think it's a better book than the last one. Always a problem when I can't quite remember what the plot was.
I don't know. Alden's explanation seems way too subtle. Shouldn't Snape assume that Malfoy's assignment is something seriously a.) dangerous and b.) wicked? Based on his mother's reaction and the person responsible for the assignment? So what other option did Snape have: kill Harry? If he's on the side of goodness and light, then he couldn't afford making an unbreakable vow to do something unknown. Goodness and light, et al, would be better off if Snape just betrayed himself and was destroyed. So I still think Snape is wicked. Wicked wicked wicked. And I think it's a pity, since it destroys one of my favorite aspects of the book.
Sorry that I have to go as anonymous, but I agree with Alden. While Snape has gotten angry before, it has been because of his deepest hurts - not hatred - and being forced to kill his benefactor and lose all hope of human association and sympathy would be a deeper hurt than any we've known him to endure. His reaction to Harry's insult also bears this out - conciously taking on that role at the cost of his friendships (as such), home, and identity must have been an incredible burden to bear. His action would also place him in a position to act with V's complete trust and open the opportunity to identify and locate the remaining horcruxes.
Of course he could just be evil, but as Suz notes (and the redemption of Malfoy would indicate) that woudl ruin one of the main themes of redemption in the book.
-Capt'n Underpants
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