JKR and the Snape/Harry dynamic

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> Dzeytoun wrote:
> Over on SugarQuill, someone made a very good point that, as we 
speculate about Snape and Harry and what may or may not happen, we 
may be making a bad mistake.  That is, we are assuming that JKR finds 
the Harry/Snape dynamic as interesting as we do.  In fact, there is 
plentiful evidence that she does not - largely because she does not 
seem to find Snape to be that interesting of an individual.  
Therefore, I hate to say it, but everybody arguing strongly on all 
sides of the fight may well end up disappointed that JKR does not 
give this dynamic the prominence, or the type of spectacular ending, 
we would desire.> 

Neri adds:
I think this is very true, and not only in regard to Snape, but also 
in regard to most other characters. I was just bitching the other day 
about two of my favorite characters (Ron and Ginny) not getting the 
attention and treatment that I believe they deserve. By now each of 
us has his favorite characters, and we tend to forget that, if we 
like it or not, HP is a story about... Harry Potter. Everybody else 
is just secondary. 

The problem is even worse because the story is described almost 
exclusively from the point-of-view of Harry. I can't think of any 
other literature work with so many characters that is described from 
the POV of a single character. There's just no way he can be 
everywhere and interact with everybody and see everything. And if he 
doesn't see it, we don't see it either.

The epilog chapter will be necessary to tie many open ends, but even 
so there will be many disappointed fans.

Neri