I'm impressed by how much characterization you packed into this one sentence:
“Your direct actions led to your parents’ deaths, Potter; you had as much a hand in it as I or the Dark Lord had.”
If Severus blames himself just as much for the Potters' deaths as Voldemort, when Snape just passed along a half heard chunk of babble and then actively worked to prevent their deaths, while Voldemort hunted them down an killed them, then by that logic Harry must be at least as culpable for setting the ball rolling while full knowing the outcome. [Boy, that's a run on sentence] Severus can't forgive Harry until he forgives himself.
I agree with Ginny here that spying on the Wizengamot would destroy Harry. There is a huge difference between keeping a secret and living a lie. And I like how you suggested that Severus is an example of what happens to people who try it for to long.
Though there is a big difference there. Snape became a spy as a sort of penance. One can see it as a 17 year long exercise in self-harm. I don't think one can go that route with just an idealist purpose. How long can those ideals last when you have to be seen to work against your morals every day of the week?
(BTW: Sorry for vanishing before. RL took me offline for a while and after a certain amount of time trying to pick up a conversation again just feels awkward)
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Date: 2008-09-13 05:07 pm (UTC)“Your direct actions led to your parents’ deaths, Potter; you had as much a hand in it as I or the Dark Lord had.”
If Severus blames himself just as much for the Potters' deaths as Voldemort, when Snape just passed along a half heard chunk of babble and then actively worked to prevent their deaths, while Voldemort hunted them down an killed them, then by that logic Harry must be at least as culpable for setting the ball rolling while full knowing the outcome. [Boy, that's a run on sentence] Severus can't forgive Harry until he forgives himself.
I agree with Ginny here that spying on the Wizengamot would destroy Harry. There is a huge difference between keeping a secret and living a lie. And I like how you suggested that Severus is an example of what happens to people who try it for to long.
Though there is a big difference there. Snape became a spy as a sort of penance. One can see it as a 17 year long exercise in self-harm. I don't think one can go that route with just an idealist purpose. How long can those ideals last when you have to be seen to work against your morals every day of the week?
(BTW: Sorry for vanishing before. RL took me offline for a while and after a certain amount of time trying to pick up a conversation again just feels awkward)