aestheticflavouredbean: harrypotterconfessions: I don’t understand why Snapefen just can&rsquo

aestheticflavouredbean: harrypotterconfessions: I don’t understand why Snapefen just can’t seem to get the reality of the situation, even almost 10 years after the fact. Snape was NOT a good person. He was spiteful and a bully. He may have been on the good side, but that was only because of Lily’s death. If Lily had not died, he would still be a Death Eater. What I just want to say about this is that Snape should be appreciated. No. I am not a fan of his but in the end, he still helped out. Even though many say it’s only because of Lily’s death, it’s still something. No one is pure good or pure bad. Situations drive us to become what we are and it so happened that it was Lily’s death that molded Snape later on. What’s so wrong with that? Isn’t itbetter for him to be a teacher than continue on being a death eater? @aestheticflavouredbean - it’s not just that ‘people say’ it’s only because of Lily, it is canon. He switched sides when he realised he put Lily in danger by revealing the (incomplete) contents of the prophecy to Voldemort. He switched sides because he didn’t want to be responsible for the death of the best person he ever knew. He switched sides over guilt. I agree; this is something. If you do something good for selfish reasons, does the motivation negate the good deed? Does one good deed erase a lifetime of bad ones? These are all excellent ethical questions deliberately provoked by JK through Snape’s role in the books and are ones I thoroughly enjoy debating. Both Snape and Dumbledore always knew his double agent role was solely driven by Lily. Did this matter to Dumbledore? No. Voldemort needed to be stopped and whether you’re fighting him for personal reasons or pure altruism, you were needed. You could argue Harry’s fight against Voldemort was solely driven by losing his parents rather an an inherent desire to see good triumph over evil. (However, Harry’s humane treatment towards Dobby, Buckbeak and others reveal his moral compass to be rather more light than darkness, unlike Snape.) So, what’s wrong with Snape’s motivation for fighting Voldemort being solely down to his obsession with Lily? Nothing, in some ways. And also, everything. It wasn’t noble. It wasn’t about the greater good. It wasn’t to protect all the Muggles and Muggle-borns. It was to protect one Muggle-born only, just because she mattered to him. It rather implies that Snape doesn’t care about who else Voldemort murders or tortures (clearly, as he doesn’t treat Neville with any kindness) and if not for Lily, Snape would be murdering right alongside him. Perhaps. Just… Let’s not pretend Snape’s switching sides was something it wasn’t, that’s all. -- source link
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