[HPforGrownups] Snape: evil or good

[ProfSnapeFan at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 82817

In a message dated 10/12/2003 3:35:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
maryjo at neyersoftware.com writes:


> Unfortunately, from all the statements that J.K.R. has made about Snape in 
> interviews, he does sound like he will turn out to be completely evil, which 
> is a great disappointment to me.  I would like to seem some healing take 
> place and for him to be a hero, broken and battered, but indeed a hero.  This is 
> my fondest wish, but I must admit it doesn't look like this will happen.  So 
> I feel a little better when I read others' e-mails expressing the same or 
> similar feelings about Prof. Snape.
> Mary Jo

I'll admit to not having read everything that JKR has said about Snape.  But 
I always got the impression that she was mainly emphasizing that he was not 
nice, and was never going to be?  But I don't translate that as him turning 
evil.  I recall an interview where she said to "Keep our eye on him" or something 
to that effect, but I remember not getting the impression necessarily that he 
was going to turn out evil.  Staying childish, petulant, and all the other 
stuff, maybe.  But not sure I want to go as far as him betraying the order.  
Course I may just be to sucked in to see reality, lol.

Joy


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