Snape as Hawkin

[brinforest]

No: HPFGUIDX 88235


Hi, 

I haven't been here for a while, but I popped in to re-present an 
idea that I put out in June at the height of the OotP discussions 
and that was promptly lost in the mass of other topics. Now that 
things seem quiet, I'd like to hear from anyone who has read The 
Dark is Rising series lately - what do you think? The following is a 
quote from me in June.

When JKR was discussing Snape with Stephen Fry at Albert Hall, she
said something to the effect of "don't like him too much though",
and "he's not completely nice" or something.

This suddenly reminded me of a character called Hawkin in The Dark
is Rising, which I recently reread. He was a mortal whose help
Merriman Lyon (non-mortal, father figure to Hawkin and mentor to the
young main character Will Stanton) had to rely on to carry out an
important, predestined task that involved subjecting Hawkin to
mortal danger. Hawkin was perfectly willing to do this, and loyal to
Merriman, whom he loved and trusted; he completed fulfilled his 
part, but while doing so, he came to fully realise the danger he was 
subjected to by his trusted father figure. His resentment then led 
him to betray the good side. (This was also known beforehand by 
Merriman.) As a kind of punishment for his betrayal, Hawkin ended up 
with another task that ruined his life (understatement of the year), 
and he was *eventually* killed by the evil side.

Snape as Hawkin... I'm too lazy to think up examples of what exactly
might happen, but the sequence of loyalty to trusted old mentor -
full realisation of danger to self - mentor's apparent indifference
to this - resentment - betrayal suddenly seems kind of appealing.