Acceptable Abuses?

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 95716

D. wrote:
Well if he didn't make such demonized remarks, you
wouldn't have hated him and stayed angry with him and
distrust him like Harry right? Isn't that's what this
character and his role and his relationship with Harry
is about?  From book one Snape's character has always
been setup to be an unpleasant, abusive and vengeful
anti-hero. Really, what really did you expect Snape to
behave?

I have the feeling that a lot of posters here have some false 
expectation of Harry Potter series as some sunshine fluff where 
EVERYONE falls in love with Harry and how everyone is nice and 
friendly.  A lot of the Book 6 & 7 predictions I saw here are what 
they wish for the best and MOST safe and perfect resolution for
poor little Harry, and not actual prediction of what would actually 
happen that could create "more conflicts=more drama=more gripping 
story."   
 
Maybe I'm in the minority here that Harry Potter is the type of 
children's books where readers actually ENJOY seeing the main 
character going through horrible
things, as I'm sure JKR actually have fun writing them (I know I 
would). Some actor once said (whenever he choose which role he'll 
play when given a script): the character who has the most sufferings 
is the STAR of the story.
  
If you must apply and taken everything that happens in the book as 
social issues, like some of posters here get so angry and demand to 
call child-abuse service on Snape and Dursley...it just don't make 
sense. This is just a fairytale-ish story where most of the 
villainous characters started out as caricatures.
There are exaggeration. And some poster post quotes
from JKR before: she did not think of HP as some
"issues" book. And I agree.

vmonte responds:
Sorry, but you sound angry yourself. I'm not sure if you know this 
but this web site is for people to "discuss" the Harry Potter books?
It's ok for people to have their own theories, ideas, favorite 
characters, etc. There are many posts that I read that I do not agree 
with but I read them anyway. 

I think everyone is aware that Snape is, as you call it, the "anti-
hero."  Some people are just interested in guessing, figuring out, 
deciphering what his role in the books are.  I think that Snape is 
funny and interesting as well. But I also think that we haven't 
gotten the full story on him for a reason.  
Bye the way, there are just as many people on this website who are 
supremely overly protective of Snape -- in fact some become quite 
angry when anything remotely negative is written about Snape.  And as 
JKR says: "Don't like him too much!"