J.K.R gives future Snape Clues

[sueeeyqbong]

No: HPFGUIDX 65680

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Alon van Dam" 
<alanphoenix1 at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sueeeyqbong" <sue at s...> 
wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy" 
<xpectopatronum at y...> 
> > wrote:
> > I've snipped out the bit about JKR's comments on Snape in the 
Royal 
> > Albert Hall interview ie not wanting people to get too attached 
to 
> > him because of something he does in later books.....
> > 
> > > 
> > > What do I think? 
> > > "So DADA would bring out the worst in Snape. Therefore, Snape 
> > would be
> > > seduced back to the Dark Side - I think that Snape loves the 
Dark
> > > Arts, I think that he is fascinated by them (it probably has a 
> lot 
> > to
> > > do with his upbringing as well), and that there is the big 
> problem.
> > > These two comments have me thinking that, perhaps our Potion's 
> > Master
> > > likes to be in the grey area. He isn't black, he isn't white, 
he's
> > > neutral. He likes to swing left and right, depending on the 
mood. 
> > And
> > > he seems to be the only one. So why does Dumbledore trust him 
so 
> > much?
> > > Even if he did save Dumbledore's life (this is just pure 
> > specualtion
> > > on my part), Dumbledore did not trust him enough to give him 
the 
> > DADA
> > > position, so this leaves me confused again...!" - This is me 
> > quoting
> > > myself from my Snape website S.S. The url,if you want to see 
more 
> > of
> > > my Snape ideas is http://www.designerpotions.com/ss/sssleuthing
> > > 
> > > What do other people think of these clues?
> > > 
> > > -Cindy (who will love Snape forever, no matter what!)
> > 
> > Yes, I'm glad you emphasised the fact that Snape isn't black or 
> > white, but swings between various shades of grey depending on 
his 
> > mood. This is what I love about his character, and what I love 
> about 
> > JKR's subtlety of characterisation. WHAT is the story with him? 
> It's 
> > driving me crazy. I always had him pegged as the 'redemption' 
guy 
> > (and everyone loves a repenting complicated bad guy, right?) But 
> > now, after JKR hinted that he might do something terrible in the 
> > future, I'm confused. 
> >  Something else which drives me bonkers with speculation is 
JKR's 
> > comment (earlier last week, I think, on the BBC interview) that 
> > there was some mystery, on which the whole saga is pinned, which 
no-
> > one has guessed yet and which some people have skirted around. 
WHAT 
> > can this be? Can there possibly be a plot permutation which we 
> > haven't all discussed to death yet? I'm darned if I can think of 
> it. 
> > Makes me think that there's something right in front of our 
noses 
> > which we haven't found yet.......I'm going to search the 
archived 
> > posts for some possibilities.
> > I'll be back.
> > 
> > Sueeeyqbong  (who thinks she is going to be very very depressed 
> > indeed when book 7 is published and devoured and there's nothing 
> > left to speculate on. What are we all going to do then???)
> 
> I forsee two possible ends:
> 
> 1) We will all go our seperate ways, maybe writing the occasional 
> fanfic, but not really bothered by it anymore
> 
> 2) We band together and do something extreme like lay siege to 
JK's 
> house and promise her the Crown if she promises to keep writing 
until 
> her death, or something like that.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Alon

Sueeeyqbong :

Ha ha. I fervently hope that it's the former for the sake of my 
sanity and self respect, but something twisted in me is drawn to the 
latter possibility. Sounds like the plot of 'Misery'. Can I get to 
be Kathy Burke?