J.K.R gives future Snape Clues

[Alon van Dam]

No: HPFGUIDX 65683

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sueeeyqbong" <sue at s...> wrote:
> --- 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?

I know exactly what you mean... It's going to be hard on us, that's 
for sure... Do I get to be James Caan?