Lovely Snape

[cubfanbudwoman]

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"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?

Caesian added: 

> 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. 
>
> 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.
> 
> 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. <snip> 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. 
> 
> 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. 


SSSusan:
Thanks, Caesian, for the quotes; it's fun to have them pulled 
together like this.  *AND* you'll note, I'm sure, that there is 
*nothing* in this batch of comments which says that Snape has never 
experienced love.  

(Since we were talking about Voldy & love originally, I assumed we 
were talking about **any** kind of love, not just romantic.  So even 
if I have my doubts about Snape & romantic love, I can't recall any 
place where JKR has said or written that Snape has *never* been 
loved.)

Siriusly Snapey Susan