There's one more element, though (for me, at least)-- I want him to be redeemed precisely because he's a thoroughly nasty, unpleasant person. It feels too easy to make all the people you wouldn't want to spend even 5 minutes with be evil and all the nice people on the side of good. Snape being on the Order's side would shake it up quite nicely.
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There's one more element, though (for me, at least)-- I want him to be redeemed precisely because he's a thoroughly nasty, unpleasant person. It feels too easy to make all the people you wouldn't want to spend even 5 minutes with be evil and all the nice people on the side of good. Snape being on the Order's side would shake it up quite nicely.