Snapedom essay: Snape and Harry

[geri_chan]

Oops! I just realized that I forgot to post my Snapedom December banner--so here it is, a few months late! My essay was on the similarities between Snape and Harry, and the frustration I felt that these two characters never really had any reconciliation or closure. (I don't count Harry naming his kid after Snape, although it is a nice gesture, because it's easier to forgive a dead martyr than to make peace with a living person who would probably still be snarky and abrasive even if he survived to become a war hero.)

Comments

[lawless523.livejournal.com]

Isn't that the point, though, to show that two people can be on the same side and still dislike/hate each other? To me a reconciliation between Snape and Harry would ring false. What's more important is that they work together anyway, like co-workers you may hate but still have to get along with.

Also, Harry would have to make the first move; of the two of them, he's got the more generous personality, yet Snape is older and by rights should be the one to make the first move.

[geri-chan.livejournal.com]

Well, maybe it's unrealistic to expect a reconciliation, although I wasn't expecting them to hug and become bosom buddies or anything like that! ^_^ A grudging acknowledgment of respect between them would have been good enough for me.

And I thought it would be interesting to see how the balance of conflict vs. reconciliation would work out--like Harry would think he's helping Snape by telling everyone the true story behind Snape's loyalty in order to keep him out of Azkaban and let the world know that he's a hero. But instead of being grateful, Snape would be angry and embarrassed that his private and personal memories were made public. And maybe eventually Harry would think, "Well, he's still a greasy git, but at least he's a git on our side."

But that's what fanfic is for, I guess!