OMG! Insight from Finwitch

[dicentra63 <dicentra@xmission.com>]

I was startled to see this from Finwitch, 37674.  It's actually
insightful.  Unless I've been doing this too long... :D

But - so far I can see one thing that unites these fantasy "goodie"-
criminals. When someone does them this bad thing - they don't hold a 
grudge. A killer-"goodie" thinks an attempt on his *own* life is 
just "part of business" or "misunderstanding". A "goodie"-thief who 
has been stolen from either does not get angry or is angry at himself 
for not taking better care of his possessions... In other words, they 
*can* taste their own medicine. Their goodie-friends don't exactly 
approve these habits, though, but a reader *does* get to think that 
they *are* on the good side despite of their bad habits.

Severus Snape doesn't accept his own faults in others, sees these 
faults where he couldn't be more wrong -- he simply breaks the custom 
of a goodie with a very bad habit. We get a hint from AD (who seems 
to be the one who knows and knows he knows) that he *is* a goodie, 
but the character contradicts what *every* other goodie with nasty 
faults has been so far.