[HPforGrownups] Tur-bans or Too-Much (was Re: Ask the Question)

[Tammy Rizzo]

No: HPFGUIDX 84702

On 11 Nov 2003 at 21:55, justcarol67 wrote:


Someone, but I *THINK* it was justcarol67, said: 
> To begin with, I want to know what she [Rowling] meant by saying 
> (in answer to why she made Quirrell rather than Snape the villain in 
> SS/PS), "I know all about Snape and he'd never put on a turban." 
> (Huh? Does that mean he'd never let another person manipulate his 
> will by getting literally or figuratively inside his head? If not, what 
> the heck does it mean?) 


Now me (Tammy):
Well, speaking as a writer (not an author -- I've never been paid for my writing, I just 
write), the first thing I thought of when I read this was simply that Snape wouldn't let 
Jo put a turban on him, he simply refused to wear one, so she had to bring in 
someone who would allow that.  The best characters really do take on a life of their 
own, and often argue with their writer (and sometimes win!), and Snape is one I can 
easily see saying, "No, I don't care if you ARE the writer, I am NOT putting that . . . 
that . . . ridiculous THING on my head.  It would fall off into my potions, for one 
thing, and for another, it doesn't fit the Slytherin image.  I won't do it, no!"

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Tammy
tammy at mauswerks.net




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