Snape -- Why so many fans?/double agent/Sirius/POV

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25653

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., justanopinion2001 at h... wrote:
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> My recollections of Snape are pretty negative.

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I, too, have a great deal of difficulty with Snape, for the reasons 
you mention.  And I'm still not 100% sure he is working for our 
side.  He's multi-faceted, which makes him interesting, but 
interesting and appealing aren't always the same thing.  But I'll 
reserve judgment until OoP, when we'll really get the answers, I hope.

I think a few people mentioned that Snape can't go back to V as a spy 
because of what Dumbledore said in the Pensieve scene.  I'm not sure 
I agree.  Snape has convinced D that he is working for him against V, 
and probably has also convinced V that he is working for him against 
D.  So if Snape tells V he missed the meeting because leaving 
Hogwarts would have attracted too much suspicion, he'll be welcomed 
back to the DEs with open arms.  He probably won't even get tortured 
if he plays his cards right.  

Also, I am wondering whether Sirius and Snape have really buried the 
hatchet sufficiently to work against V in OoP.  It is hard to believe 
that Snape, for instance, would risk his life to save Sirius.  I am a 
little worried that Snape might not, although I think Sirius would 
step up and save Snape if he had to.  If Snape lets something happen 
to Sirius . . . well, that will be the last straw for me.

While I'm on the subject of OoP, I was wondering whether JKR will 
keep the same viewpoint (seeing everything through Harry's eyes) in 
OoP.  To the extent interesting things are happening in the V camp, 
we won't know about them unless Harry witnesses them, dreams about 
them, or hears Snape tell about them.  This method of exposition 
might get a bit tedious.  Does anyone think JKR might change her 
point of view?

Cindy 
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"Very slowly -- but still glaring at each other as though each wished 
the other nothing but ill -- Sirius and Snape moved toward each other 
and shook hands.  They let go extremely quickly."