Snape -- Why so many fans?

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No: HPFGUIDX 25691

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Lyda Clunas" <lydaclunas at x> wrote:
> Allyse wrote:
> 
> > On a tangent, since many of you mentioned R.J. Anderson's fics, I 
> > will also add my recommendation for them. I know it sounds 
strange 
> > coming from a non-Snape fan, but they're great! If nothing 
else,she 
> > writes the *best* George Weasley I have ever seen. :)
> > 

>snip<

<Lyda's Comments>

> Quite true. Now, I'm thrilled to finally see a resolution to the 
> story, but I am *so* saddened to see it be over. No more. Finis. 
This 
> Sunday... ahh!


Again, I have to interject to agree with everything Lyda says here 
and add my own kernel. Ally -- you're right, not only is her George 
Weasly oh-so-canon, but it's oh-so-good. The best next to JKR, and 
I'd even argue they're at the same level on that character. (I'm not 
kidding, ppl.)

I'm seroius, I HATED Snape before I read these stories. Now I like to 
thinkof him as the complex character RJA has laid out for us; whether 
or not JKR goes there, I think I'm doomed to go there forever anyway.

later,
m.