In My Humble Opinion, The Fact That Snape Was A Death Eater Should Not Even Be Such A Frequent Talking

in my humble opinion, the fact that snape was a death eater should not even be such a frequent talking point in anti snape rhetoric, given that he spent the last part of his life trying to bring them down.

im not saying it cancels it out, but im saying that if you have beef with him for joining the DE, surely you’ll have to acknowledge and appreciate that he tried to make up for it by doing his best to destroy them altogether?

if a person made a mistake when they were young, but ultimately gave their life to make that mistake right, you can’t sit here and attack the person for making said mistake, while completely disregarding their very serious and equally important act of atonement that followed.

yes, joining the death eaters was perhaps the worst thing snape did, but giving his actual life to dismantle them is the best, and those two should always come hand in hand in a debate or argument, because mentioning only one is a distortion of his arc, even his essence if you will.

tldr; if you’re gonna mention snape’s past in the death eaters, you better also bring up the fact that he sacrificed his life to stop them.