Liking Snape

[evangelina839]

No: HPFGUIDX 68164

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathryn Cawte" <kcawte at b...> 
wrote:
>  
> <snip> Personally I was
> dragged into the Potterverse through the movie. I had never read
any of the
> books when I saw the movie and frankly other than thinking it was a
> fantastic piece of casting (because for those of us who hadn't read
the
> books you just assume he's the villain because he usually is) I
didn't have
> any real feelings either way about Snape other than thinking he was
a bit of
> a bully. However after I read the books (all four of them in less
than a
> week) I decided that Snape was the most intriguing character in the
book.
> And also damn sexy. So sorry although I do admit to adoring Alan
Rickman, 
he
> has very little to do with my Snape obsession. <snip>
> 
> K

I, too, saw movies before reading books, and I feel the same way
about 
Snape: the most enigmatic there is. :) Also, I very, VERY easily fall
for 
characters appearing-to-be-mean, but who do something good in the end
- I 
admit that I hold on very tightly to my first good impression of
Snape even 
though I was merely annoyed at him in PoA - and with OoP, I think
it's settled: 
he IS with Dumbledore, and his meanness IS, to some extent,
excusable, 
judging by what Harry sees in the Pensieve. Without getting too
carried away 
here... Harry can feel as unforgiving as he does and I still don't
relent, I am 
fully certain that these Occlumency lessons have, on some for both of
them 
unconscious level, brought Harry and Snape closer together and that
it will 
show in later books. My thoughts on Snape.... sorry I lost track of
the
subject a 
little. :)

sincerely // evangelina