Poll: Would Snape and McGonagall Have Reconciled After the Battle of Hogwarts?
Snape as Headmaster was forced to fight against Professor McGonagall, and then Flitwick, Sprout, and Slughorn during the Battle of Hogwarts. If Snape and McGonagall were to meet in the future (presuming survival) or in the afterlife, do you think they would have reconciled?
Yes, I believe that Snape and McGonagall could've reconciled in the event that Snape survived.
I have always believed that Snape and McGonagall were friends or at least very close colleagues. Snape and McGonagall had a quidditch house rivalry, they appeared together whenever the situation demanded it and she even justified Snape's detentions of Harry after the Sectumsempra incident, which is significant because McG usually favoured Harry in quidditch and here, the Snape's detentions cut into Harry's quidditch time and even led to him missing a match.
But they were not best friends, McG's trust in Snape was based on her trust in Dumbledore who trusted Snape and his act of killing Dumbledore destroyed that trust.
So, in case Snape survived and McG comes to know the truth, she would feel remorse over her treatment of Snape and apologize for it. Snape would forgive McG because he had to play the role of loyal death Eater and he won't hold McG's treatment of him against her. They may form a genuine bond with all the truth of Snape bare after Harry's reveal and McG may even apologize for not doing more for Snape in his school boy days.
Art by Ari Leah - https://ari-leah-arts.tumblr.com/ which fits the situation.
I choose the option Yes- depending on if McGonagall could accept Snape's loyalty for the reasons mentioned in above post.
I voted "yes", though I'm not too crazy about the framing for either option. Had he survived, Severus would've already proven his loyalty at this point. She'd have no reason not to accept it unless she was straight up being an asshole.
Saw that artwork after I posted. Dude…
Prove MY loyalty? It is Minerva who turned against me, not the other way around.
I think upon finding out Severus' true loyalty and his death, Minerva and other staffs could have felt very guilty of chasing him away from Hogwarts. If he had stayed at Hogwarts longer, there might have been a chance that Severus was more prepared for the final battle and deliver his message to Harry before facing Voldemort.
Yeah, I headcanon McGonagall feeling guilt for not believing in Severus and chasing him away leading to his death.
Same here.
