I was surprised to find that I was far angrier over Snape (possibly) turning
evil than over Dumbledore's death--one of my favorite parts of the series
has been this character who by all that's reasonable SHOULD be evil, yet is
able to put aside his intense hatred in order to do what's right; not only
right for everyone in general, but right for the object of his hatred
specifically. I thought it was incredibly brave of the author to create
that sort of character in this kind of a book and I'll lose a lot of respect
for her if Snape turns out to be truly evil.
Bet he won't, though. The way that Dumbledore repeatedly made Harry swear
to do whatever Dumbledore said, no matter how much danger that put
Dumbledore in, makes me almost certain that Snape had promised the same sort
of thing. Not 'please Snape, don't betray me,' but 'please Snape, do what
you promised.' Snape's reaction to being called a coward by Harry seems to
feed into this theory... obeying Dumbledore under the circumstances
certainly wasn't a cowardly act.
-E House
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