I'm in the boat with you on Harry/Luna...though now that's coming up more in my RP I'm falling more and more towards that side.
Back to Snape, I think the conversation that Hagrid overheard between Snape and Dumbledore is *very* important. Snape "maybe I don't want to do it anymore" vs. Dumbledore's "You said you would do it, so you must do it." (I'm paraphrasing from memory) Both of them to me sound like they're debating a plan. Snape may not like it, but I think given his hesitation he must have some reason to believe there are stronger reasons to go through with it than to not.
Dumbledore, while not God, plays a God like role. He understands that death is not the end, and he knows he is ready for death. I think it's incredibly painful for Snape to play the role of executioner, but something he feels he must do. Snape strikes me as a very logical person. Dumbledore may not have told him the entire plan, but I think he must have given him some idea of it (or at least his own role).
I've found that sometimes the things God asks us to do seem to us irrational, and even at time contradictory to our understanding of what would be best. But trusting His understanding above our own is a huge step towards spiritual maturity. I think we'll see something of this from both Harry and Snape before the series ends. Perhaps Harry will have to trust Dumbledore by trusting who Dumbledore trust...namely Snape.
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Date: 2007-06-26 07:32 pm (UTC)Back to Snape, I think the conversation that Hagrid overheard between Snape and Dumbledore is *very* important. Snape "maybe I don't want to do it anymore" vs. Dumbledore's "You said you would do it, so you must do it." (I'm paraphrasing from memory) Both of them to me sound like they're debating a plan. Snape may not like it, but I think given his hesitation he must have some reason to believe there are stronger reasons to go through with it than to not.
Dumbledore, while not God, plays a God like role. He understands that death is not the end, and he knows he is ready for death. I think it's incredibly painful for Snape to play the role of executioner, but something he feels he must do. Snape strikes me as a very logical person. Dumbledore may not have told him the entire plan, but I think he must have given him some idea of it (or at least his own role).
I've found that sometimes the things God asks us to do seem to us irrational, and even at time contradictory to our understanding of what would be best. But trusting His understanding above our own is a huge step towards spiritual maturity. I think we'll see something of this from both Harry and Snape before the series ends. Perhaps Harry will have to trust Dumbledore by trusting who Dumbledore trust...namely Snape.