Um - I'm not sure you have read my earlier responses to DH? Believe me, as far as the moral and thematic arks, I see all the dissonance you see, and possibly more. These books actually disgust me at this point. There are a few things (the goblins and their monetary system, my sister would say, and I would say Severuss, Luna, and Neville) that are worth retaining from them. But otherwise - ugh.
Unless, of course, she really does mean to set up Dark Lord Harry. Because that's certainly what I saw at the end of DH.
To get back to Snape again, do you know what my theory was about his antagonism to Harry? I thought, at least from OOTP and certainly from DH, that he sensed Voldemort in the boy and hated him because he SAW him as a future Dark Lord! Honestly, if you really look at Harry's actions and attitudes and take away his 'innocent, ignorant outsider' pov, he does *not* come across as a particularly nice or generous or loving kid.
That Severus hates Harry because he sees James in him and blames him for being his father's son is, I think, fanon. In canon, I think Severus hates Harry because Harry, from the minute he sees him, hates *him*. Or is there even one instance, anywhere in the books, of Harry offering Severus Snape the most basic courtesy? Of him studying and trying to improve in Snape's classes? And Snape is the one person Harry uses as a scapegoat over and over, and the one person he doesn't even try to rescue when he is hurt or in danger. Honestly - why on earth would Snape like Harry? After DH, I don't like Harry. I don't like him at all.
But this is getting way off track. Honestly, I'm at the point where i don't want to discuss these books any more.
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Date: 2008-05-27 03:00 am (UTC)Unless, of course, she really does mean to set up Dark Lord Harry. Because that's certainly what I saw at the end of DH.
To get back to Snape again, do you know what my theory was about his antagonism to Harry? I thought, at least from OOTP and certainly from DH, that he sensed Voldemort in the boy and hated him because he SAW him as a future Dark Lord! Honestly, if you really look at Harry's actions and attitudes and take away his 'innocent, ignorant outsider' pov, he does *not* come across as a particularly nice or generous or loving kid.
That Severus hates Harry because he sees James in him and blames him for being his father's son is, I think, fanon. In canon, I think Severus hates Harry because Harry, from the minute he sees him, hates *him*. Or is there even one instance, anywhere in the books, of Harry offering Severus Snape the most basic courtesy? Of him studying and trying to improve in Snape's classes? And Snape is the one person Harry uses as a scapegoat over and over, and the one person he doesn't even try to rescue when he is hurt or in danger. Honestly - why on earth would Snape like Harry? After DH, I don't like Harry. I don't like him at all.
But this is getting way off track. Honestly, I'm at the point where i don't want to discuss these books any more.