tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post4028336473970576045..comments2024-03-27T08:46:54.369-04:00Comments on BabyBlueOnline: Update on the "Great Snape Debate"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-27702862015574765052007-07-06T22:59:00.000-04:002007-07-06T22:59:00.000-04:00I am inclined to agree with you, Bill. And anam c...I am inclined to agree with you, Bill. And anam cara, watch those dreams! ;-)<BR/><BR/>bbAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17490745238430648958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-38492694502965982792007-07-05T07:03:00.000-04:002007-07-05T07:03:00.000-04:00BB said: Anglicans also seem to be major readers o...BB said: Anglicans also seem to be major readers of the Harry Potter series (must be that British-connection). <BR/><BR/>I spent the night dreaming Venn diagrams. I think the circles were Episcopalian, Anglican, and Anglophiles with Harry Potter readers being where the circles overlap.<BR/><BR/>Enough already, BB! Now you're influencing my dreams!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23327221.post-47385268755577754192007-07-04T19:15:00.000-04:002007-07-04T19:15:00.000-04:00Not sure if I am posting this for the second time....Not sure if I am posting this for the second time. If so, my apologies.<BR/><BR/>A brief comment to throw into the mix. At several instances in the series, the dead such as his parents and Cedric ... and perhaps others have provided Harry with genuine support and strength (the graveyard scene comes to mind of course). To this source of power from beyond the grave must now be added the strength, wisdom and power of Dumbledore In this light, I believe we'll see Dumbledore's oft repeated comments to Tom Riddle/Voldemort that fear of death has always been a weakness of Voldemort. <BR/>For this reason (Dumbledore's sense of being after death) I think that there has been a long understanding between him and Severus Snape. I believe Dumbledore knew he was dying and hence his plea to Snape. I think that there is no doubt that Snape is a tortured individual and therefore in the many situations when I see Snape helping Harry (such as his muttered counter spells to Querril's efforts to kill Harry during his first Quidditch match, to name but one, he is shown to be Dumbledore's man despite the pain he bears and which is so evident in his face and demeanour. And finally the final scene during the fight between Harry and snape, I agree with the writer above that somehow this is one 'last' lesson he is forcing Harry to face. There may be more in Book VII and in fact there may be reconciliation between Snape and Harry but I do believe that Snape will sacrifice himself in the end.<BR/>I guess that was more than a brief comment!!!<BR/><BR/>BillDumb Oxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949382463959758928noreply@blogger.com