Snape and McGonagall (was Snape and Lupin's Character Arcs)

[horridporrid03]

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> Alla:
As to Snape being more interesting than McGonagall? I am not sure. 
After OOP, McGonagall at least is just interesting to me as Snape is.
 
"Good teacher" can be fun character, IMO and to me , McGonagall 
definitely is. I adored her rebukes of Umbridge, I hated her "Get a 
grip" to Harry. In short, I think McGonagall is VERY human. Maybe 
she is a little bit better human being than Snape is (just my 
opinion of course), but definitely very human.< 

Betsy:
Oh yes, McGonagall is an interesting character, and I adored every 
scene between her and Umbridge.  I don't want to take anything away 
from her.  The way I see Snape, however, is almost like more of a 
school boy himself.  Here's a teacher who is set up as almost an 
equal of McGonagall (scary and difficult and really good at his 
subject), but he's so willing to get down in the dirt with Harry, 
practically looking for a reason to tussle with the boy (verbally of 
course), that he looses all dignity he'd gained.  I cannot see 
McGonagall allowing a child to ruffle her feathers like that, no 
matter who their parents are.  And it's that very childishness that 
makes Snape so... interesting is probably the wrong word... 
compelling maybe?  Snape has some growing to do whereas McGonagall 
is definitely a grownup.

Alla again:
> About Snape being a good guy and major "save Harry", I will just 
say I have to wait and see about this one.<

Betsy again:
I was thinking specifically about PS/SS here, where we learn that 
he's not just following Harry around to get some dirt on him, but is 
attempting to keep Harry safe.  And in OOP where Snape does actually 
try to help Harry save Sirius instead of just dismissing Harry's cry 
for help.  I hope that in the end, Snape will be seen as overall a 
good guy, but I make no attempt at predicting what JKR will further 
reveal about him.  She likes her surprises, that Jo. *g*

Betsy