tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post8007802468148389608..comments2024-03-25T14:27:40.121-05:00Comments on Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength: Harry Potter: Deleted SceneWeekend Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-20658892573924598442008-02-14T20:34:00.000-06:002008-02-14T20:34:00.000-06:00It never occurred to me that Snape would be afraid...It never occurred to me that Snape would be afraid to "go on". Here his motivation is to find a way to have part of his soul joined to Lily's. (I don't think a horcrux would be evil in itself, but only because it typically involves murder; in this case because of the unique circumstances of Dumbledore's death, I don't think Snape was doing an evil thing.) <BR/><BR/>Take care & God bless<BR/>Anne / WFWeekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-76944205374390359392008-02-14T14:32:00.000-06:002008-02-14T14:32:00.000-06:00Not to mention that it wasn't an evil act. It was...Not to mention that it wasn't an evil act. It wasn't euthenasia, instead it was the fact that Dumbledore'd death was inevitable. He kept Dumbledore from being completely defiled by the death eaters, especiallyl the werewolf (I don't have the book with me right now so I can't remember his name)so I have a hard time believing that the act itself really was evil enough to split his soul in that way, as Dumbledore explained it.<BR/><BR/>I just hate the idea of taking the one thing that is human about Snape, his love for Lily - and making it evil. Snape was not so much of a coward that he would be afraid to "go on." Having him make a horcrux of her picture would take away all the beauty of his patronus and his torment between his hate for James and Harry and his love and duty toward Lily. She humanized him...she preserved him from going completely over to Voldemort. In effect she saved Snape as well as Harry. <BR/><BR/>I can understand playing with the idea, but I'm glad it was deleted. It is very inconsistent.RPWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16686240798146992394noreply@blogger.com