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BlackHound said:
I just finished re-reading The Deathly Hallows again for about the seventh or eighth time, and I think that the simple fact that the man had his wand in his hand, prepared to defend himself against the Dark Lord, proves he was not ready to die. It also proves Voldemort truly believed Severus was the true Master of the Elder Wand; he used Nagini to kill him, because he could not risk dueling Severus with the wand that had recognized him as Master.
Ollivander would have told Voldemort that much. The Elder Wand (as both Dumbledore and Harry knew, and Harry told Voldemort himself later) the Elder Wand will not attack its own Master.
The fact that Yates & Co. have chosen to depict Voldemort slashing Sev's throat WITH THE ELDER WAND is their way of telling the fans that 1) they don't give a damn about certain details, 2) that Severus wasn't the wands Master. Bastards, anyway.
At any rate, you have to remember that when Severus faces the Dark Lord, he hasn't told Harry shit yet, so why would he have welcomed death THEN? It would have been a catastrophic failure on his part. Even after he'd given Harry the memories, I don't think he wanted to die. I don't think it was in this man's nature to just lay down and accept death, not when there was still battle to be fought, not when Lily's son might still need his help.
Anyway...Chapter 32, page 656, twelfth line down.
"My Lord!" Snape protested, raising his wand.
and then,
The snake's cage was rolling through the air, and before Snape could do anything more than yell, it had encased him, head and shoulders, and Voldemort spoke in Parseltongue.
"Kill."
So no, I do not believe Severus Snape wanted to die, especially not when he was prepared to fight for his life.
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