Snape and the Edinburgh Festival

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 111059

Magda Grantwich wrote:

> Snape will always have my undying gratitude for being the first
> character in the series who had some three-dimensional depth to him. 
> He won my respect with his potions trick which Hermione described
> more as a logic puzzle and more than the average wizard was capable
> of.  He still strikes me as the one wizard who cut make it in the
> muggle world once he figured out the traffic signs and the currency.
> 
> Moreover, he's a nice change from the well-intentioned but mostly
> ineffective males that usually surround Harry.  All of them caring
> for him and deeply concerned but sometimes you just want somebody to
> crack the whip and get the ducks all lined up in a row.  One way that
> JKR could make the next book shorter than OOTP would be for Snape to
> pick up Harry at the Dursley's.  There'd be none of the usual taking
> 200 pages to get to Platform 9.75; Harry would be packed, primed,
> strapped to a broomstick and Fed-Exed to Hogwarts by page 40, tops.
> 
> Yup, the Snarky Git is a keeper, definitely.  Hope he doesn't get
> killed until halfway through Book 7.
> 
> Magda


Carol responds:
What, killed while Hogwarts is in session, only halfway through the
book? If he has to go, let it be at the very end of Book 7, saving
Harry. (We know from a previous interview that he has something very
important to do, one way or the other, and based on his actions for
the Order near the end of OotP, I really don't think there's any doubt
which side he's on.)

Love the Fed-ex suggestion and agree completely that Snape is a
keeper, by far the most interesting adult character, male or female.
 
Carol, whose favorite Snape moment is when he courageously and
defiantly shows Fudge his Dark Mark