Snape's mystery

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No: HPFGUIDX 34723


Cindy wrote:

Seriously, though, the level of affection for Snape among fans is 
still a mystery to me. I can understand thinking Snape plays an 
important role in the books, and I can understand thinking that he is 
interesting and mysterious. But that's as far as I can go. 
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It's a mystery to me too, Cindy.  My theory is:
Snape, like many other HP characters, is a mythology archetype.  It 
seems to me that the characters, based on archetypes, powerfully  
affect our subconscious. (That's why I think the HP series wouldn't 
have worked with a female character in Harry's place; Harry's 
archetype is male--orphan boy on a quest). Returning to Snape, his 
archetype is dark, brooding, tortured character, which is 
irresistible to women, in spite of his evil traits.  The mythology 
parallel is a vampire *evil grin*. 

Ana.