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Originally Posted by Roxane  I agree with everything, but not with the "healable"... he wants to protect Malfoy from killing someone... once he has killed someone his soul would be damaged and the "good side" in him will be lost... Snapes soul is already damaged... |
DH, Chapter 33, page 683:
"That boy's soul is not yet so damaged," said Dumbledore. "I would not have it ripped apart on my account." "And my soul, Dumbledore? Mine?" "You alone know whether it will harm your soul to help an old man avoid pain and humiliation," said Dumbledore. "I ask this one great favor of you, Severus, because death is coming for me..."
If Snape's soul was already damaged, why wasn't the "good side" in HIM lost? And if Snape can redeem himself, why can't Draco?
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Originally Posted by alohamora ...If a horcrux itself can be repaired through sincere repentance, why not a soul that is ripped but not separated into horcruxes? |
page 707
"You cannot help." (Dumbledore said)
page 708
"Something that is beyond either of our help," said Dumbledore.
page 741
"It's your one last chance," said Harry, "It's all you've got left.. I've seen what you'll be otherwise... Be a man... try for some remorse..."
It's not working. It makes no sense. Was Harry mistaken? Or Dumbledore? Or was Rowling confused? Or did she paint herself into a corner, threw down some convoluted nonsense to get herself out, and hope that none of us would notice?