Snape's Destiny/JKR quotes

[demetra1225]

No: HPFGUIDX 105327

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
[snip]  I adore Harry [yeah, I know, you're rolling your eyes :-)].  
> I don't make excuses for everything he does--I'm not a BLIND 
follower-
> -but I really identify with Harry.  And Harry WANTS Sirius in his 
> life.  I empathize w/ Harry's feelings.

Demetra:
Me too.  I guess its the mom in me, but I wish I could just give 
Harry a big,long hug.  

SSSusan:
> But lest you all think I like *everybody*, I really don't like Luna 
> at all!  [ducks]

Demetra:  
:)   I actually like Luna.  She's so wonderfully flaky, and doesn't 
care one bit if everyone thinks she's cracked.  She's just gonna keep 
on talking about snorckacks and nargles.  I often say that if I could 
go back and change one thing about my life when I was younger, I 
would not have wasted so much time worrying about what other people 
thought of me.  
Plus, Luna made Harry feel better when they had their talk at the end 
of OotP- something that no one else had been able to do. 

And lest you think that I like *everyone*, I'll go on record saying 
that I can't stand Tonks!

> SSSusan:
[snip] By your definitions & examples, I fit into the Snape-aholic 
> camp because I want to know more...desperately!  I sit up 
straighter 
> when I hit a chapter w/ Severus in it.  But yet I engage in what 
you 
> would possibly call ASA behavior, too, at times.  I don't think it 
> has to be an either/or.  It would only be an either/or if the Snape-
> aholics were Snape-apologists.

Demetra:
Now I'm having an identity crisis!!  I think I'm a Snape-aholic, but 
I'm not sure if I'm a Snape-apologist.  I love his character, I think 
there are a lot of layers yet to be uncovered about Snape.  I also 
think his behaviour is abominable, at times.  I think he really 
enjoys verbally lacerating someone he dislikes.  However, I also 
believe that he needs to act like he hates Harry & the other 
Gryffindors, he needs to act like he favors Slytherins (esp. Malfoy) 
and he needs to appear like he's on the side of the DE's.  That is 
what a spy has to do.  Remember what Quirrell said about Snape- he 
makes it easy for people to think he's the bad guy, flitting around 
like an overgrown bat.  

As far as JKR's quotes go, if in the end, we find out that Snape 
truly was on Voldemort's side all along, or he returns to LV's side 
in some future book, I will be extremely disappointed.  I respect 
Snape because he realized he was on the wrong side and is attempting 
to right that wrong.  Plus, I'm old enough to realize that just 
because someone has a prickly exterior doesn't mean there is no good 
in them.  If we find out in the end that Snape really was a bad guy 
all along, he would no longer be such a fascinating character to me.  
And I'll even turn in my Snape-aholic badge!  

Won't go so far as to call Sirius cuddly, though.  
Now Lupin, mmmmmm, yes <veg>

Demetra