[HPforGrownups] Lovely Snape

[caesian]

No: HPFGUIDX 110399


On Aug 17, 2004, at 9:59 AM, cubfanbudwoman wrote:

>  "doddiemoemoe"  wrote:
>  > Neither Snape nor Voldemort have ever experienced "love" according
>  > to JK (or probably any sort of compassion for that matter).
>
>
>  SSSusan:
>  Quick question for you.  Can you show me where JKR said Snape had
>  never experienced love?  Are you speaking only of romantic love or
>  any kind of love?
>
>  Siriusly Snapey Susan
>

Here are some quotes from QuickQuills about Snape and Love (and a few 
that are just fun)

The Connection  12 October 1999
  One of our internet correspondents wondered if Snape is going to fall 
in love.
  (JKR laughs) Who on earth would want Snape in love with them? That’s a 
very horrible idea.

BBC News
June 19, 2003
Jeremy Paxman
JEREMY PAXMAN: Are we going to discover anything more about Snape ?
  JK ROWLING: Yes.
  JEREMY PAXMAN: And Harry's mother? Did he have a crush on Harry's 
mother or unrequited love or anything like that?
  JK ROWLING: Hence his animosity to Harry?
  JEREMY PAXMAN: Yes.
  JK ROWLING: You speculate?
  JEREMY PAXMAN: I speculate, yes, I'm just asking whether you can tell 
us.
  JK ROWLING: No I can't tell you. But you do find out a lot more about 
Snape and quite a lot more about him actually.


Summer 1999
Harry Potter Author Works Her Magic
  Katy Abel
Q: Who's your favorite character besides Harry Potter?
  A: It's very hard to choose. It's fun to write about Snape because 
he's a deeply horrible person.

  AOL Chat  19 October 2000
Ms. Rowling, which character besides Harry is your favorite, and why?
  I think that would have to be Hagrid -- but I love Ron and Hermione 
too, and I also love writing characters like Gilderoy Lockhart, Snape, 
the Dursleys... it's such fun doing horrible things to them.

The Connection  12 October 1999
What about Snape?
  Snape is a very sadistic teacher, loosely based on a teacher I myself 
had, I have to say. I think children are very aware and we are kidding 
ourselves if we don’t think that they are, that teachers do sometimes 
abuse their power and this particular teacher does abuse his power. 
He’s not a particularly pleasant person at all. However, everyone 
should keep their eye on Snape, I’ll just say that because there is 
more to him than meets the eye and you will find out part of what I am 
talking about if you read Book 4. No, I’m not trying to drum up more 
sales, go to the library and get it out. I’d rather people read it.
There’s an important kind of redemptive pattern to Snape
  He, um, there’s so much I wish I could say to you, and I can’t because 
it would ruin. I promise you, whoever asked that question, can I just 
say to you that I’m slightly stunned that you’ve said that and you’ll 
find out why I’m so stunned if you read Book 7. That’s all I’m going to 
say.


BBC News
June 19, 2003
Jeremy Paxman
JEREMY PAXMAN: Unlikely pairings? Not Hermione and Draco Malfoy or 
anything like that?
  JK ROWLING: I don't really want to say as it will ruin all the fan 
sites. They have such fun with their theories ... and it is fun, it is 
fun. And some of them even get quite close. No-one has ever - I have 
gone and looked at some of it and no-one's ever ... There is one thing 
that if anyone guessed I would be really annoyed as it is kind of the 
heart of it all. And it kind of explains everything and no-one's quite 
got there but a couple of people have skirted it. So you know, I would 
be pretty miffed after thirteen or fourteen years of writing the books 
if someone just came along and said I think this will happen in book 
seven. Because it is too late, I couldn't divert now, everything has 
been building up to it, and I've laid all my clues.

Caesian

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