JKR and the Snape/Harry dynamic

[dzeytoun]

No: HPFGUIDX 106495

a <aboutthe1910s at y...> wrote:
> On her website, Jo says that Snape, while not of her favorite
> characters, is one of her favorite characters to write.  As Harry is
> the character through which we must view Snape, this statement seems
> to me to imply that she finds the Harry/Snape dynamic at least 
> mildly interesting...


Oh certainly, I am sure she does find him fun to write else she would 
not continue writing him.  What I mean is that I don't think she is 
obsessed with Severus and his contribution to the story in the way 
many of us are.  As Neri said above, this is the Harry Potter saga, 
after all.  JKR has expressed amazement and some consternation in the 
past when those of us in the fandom seem to lose track of that point 
and want to make it the Severus/Harry story or the Draco story or 
whatever.

I think JKR probably sees Severus and his riddles as one part of a 
rather complicated whole.  Other parts include Dumbledore, Ron, 
Hermione, the shipping question, etc.  Severus is important to the 
story, but I don't know that he will loom as large as we often assume 
in our talks.  That role is probably reserved for "the power that 
nobody knows."

Dzeytoun