Snape's love

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 18332

Koinonia quoted JKR thus:

> Q:  One of our Internet correspondents wondered if Snape is going to 
> fall in love.
> A:  (laughing) Yeah...who on earth would want Snape in love with 
> them?  That is a very horrible idea.

Who on earth?  Only about 500 members of this list!...

> 
> Q:  Well, you get an important kind of redemptive pattern with 
Snape, 
> and then..
> A:  It is, isn't it?  I - there's so much I wish I could say to you, 
> and I can't because it ruins....

Koinonia then asked:

> Why can't she say if Snape will fall in love?  What does it ruin? 

Well, is that the question at this point in the interview?  Hasn't it 
changed to "Snape's redemption"?  And if and how =that= will come 
about is very much on our minds and something she mustn't reveal until 
it unfolds in the books.  She might not be talking about his falling 
in love when she says answering would ruin things.

> Rest of JKR's answer:  I promise you - whoever asked that question, 
> can I just say to you that I'm slightly stunned that you've said 
> that, and you'll find out why I'm so stunned if you read Book Seven. 

IF??!!!  Jo, m'dear, open your eyes.  You have made hopeless addicts 
of millions of people.

Anyway.  It's =possible= that she's stunned not because Snape is going 
to fall in love and that will be a key to Book Seven, but because 
something in Book Seven will reveal that no way on earth would Snape 
ever love anyone.  I admit that the former seems more likely, but 
knowing her cagey way of "answering" questions, I'll draw no 
conclusions 'til I lay down Book Seven (and what a sad day that will 
be).

Amy Z

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 Harry remembered how touchy Myrtle had always 
 been about being dead, but none of the other 
 ghosts he knew made such a fuss about it.
                  -HP and the Goblet of Fire
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