You know, I don't think you've posted here since I added you :D I must admit, I didn't think about this all too carefully, but what you say makes sense. I've never been much of a Potter-analyzer.
Admittedly I was never a huge Snape fan. I did think that he was always secretly good, but I hated that he couldn't just get over past grudges and treat his students fairly. That's what bugged me the most. I found nothing wrong with Snape's death because it showed his ultimate goodness and, as you said, was appropriate for his character. And as to what it teaches our children I think it says that sometimes you will make sacrifices and you will not be rewarded for them, but that does not mean that they are not worth making. And this is a good sentiment.
Worst case scenario: Snape's portrait's on the wall of the headmaster's study, next to Dumbledore's. That means that Snape has a measure of immortality, if not a body; JKR keeps saying that portraits really aren't the people they depict, but we all know by now that that's nonsense: Snape wouldn't have spent most of his time as headmaster confabbing with Dumbly-door's picture if it was just a mere personality fragment.
Also, the naming thing: Look at little Al-Sev's initials, tell me what they spell, and then tell me which House the Sorting Hat will suggest for him. ;-) Snape will like knowing that starting in 2017, the House Cup will be Slytherin's for the next seven years.
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I like the way you see things. It makes that loss less painful.
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Worst case scenario: Snape's portrait's on the wall of the headmaster's study, next to Dumbledore's. That means that Snape has a measure of immortality, if not a body; JKR keeps saying that portraits really aren't the people they depict, but we all know by now that that's nonsense: Snape wouldn't have spent most of his time as headmaster confabbing with Dumbly-door's picture if it was just a mere personality fragment.
Also, the naming thing: Look at little Al-Sev's initials, tell me what they spell, and then tell me which House the Sorting Hat will suggest for him. ;-) Snape will like knowing that starting in 2017, the House Cup will be Slytherin's for the next seven years.
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