I think there's a bit of difference with Regulus, though - he took huge steps to try and help the fight against Voldemort. Draco may or may not, and Snape's true colors still remain to be seen. Yes, the popular consensus is that the things he did in HBP were DD's orders, but there's no actual proof at the present, just many (brilliant) theories.
That said, I don't thnk Regulus was a nice guy. There was a reason Sirius called him "stupid idiot".
I think a lot of the problem is that people in fandom equate the Dark Side with the bad guys, and like the bad guys. They don't really think about the fact that there's bad, and there's homicidal.
Snape may have switched sides. That does not make him any more likely to, canonically, be in a romantic relationship with Harry, Remus or Sirius. Considering he killed Lily and James - not by your standards, by their standards, whether he meant to or not - and considering he abuses his students, tried to kill Sirius and may have helped him get killed a second time, it's not likely. He's a bad person.
Same with Draco. I don't think he's going to become nice.
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Date: 2006-05-15 01:06 pm (UTC)That said, I don't thnk Regulus was a nice guy. There was a reason Sirius called him "stupid idiot".
I think a lot of the problem is that people in fandom equate the Dark Side with the bad guys, and like the bad guys. They don't really think about the fact that there's bad, and there's homicidal.
Snape may have switched sides. That does not make him any more likely to, canonically, be in a romantic relationship with Harry, Remus or Sirius. Considering he killed Lily and James - not by your standards, by their standards, whether he meant to or not - and considering he abuses his students, tried to kill Sirius and may have helped him get killed a second time, it's not likely. He's a bad person.
Same with Draco. I don't think he's going to become nice.
Nor, quite frankly, do I think Regulus was nice.