I never thought snape was bad. I always thought he was just a bitter old man, when Quirrel (never looked at the spelling for that) said that snape was trying to save Harry in the Sorcers Stone with a counter curse for his broom-remember- I was like O.O. And Snape was never the bad guy for me, he just did bad things.

When Dumbledore said that James saved Snape and he could never forgive him for that I didn't understand until I read HBP and I loved Snape. I just wanted to give him a hug. But Is love enough? Yes I think so.. I think the fact that he loved Lily enough to keep her son-the one she had with his enemy- safe is enough to make him good. His patronus is the same as Lilys, he was obviously extreemly devoted to her and even as a deatheater he asked Voldemort to spare her life.

Snape was obviously one of those self rightous people, he sent Lily away when se was picking up for him and he hated James for saving him.... Hello the guy is just troubled nothing more. He does have bad Habits, like sneering and popping up in weird places and he always seems to be on the wrong side but I think he's good. He was playing both sides of th fence -good&evil- and he eventually chose.

It's the choices you make that define you, Snape made bad coices in the past but his whole Character was re-written and we saw him, the real heartbroken Snape who cared for Lily Potter and watched over her orphaned son.

*huggles Snape*