JKR's dismay at favourite fansite Slytherins

[Susan]

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> Kneasy:
> Romantic ninnies? Not I, I know my Kipling:-
> "For the female of the species is more deadly than the male"

Susan:
OT I know, but if you are familiar with "Paradise Lost", there are 
plenty of people who think Satan chose Eve not because she would be 
the easiest to convince, but because she would be the hardest, and if 
he got her, Adam would follow right along ;-)
 
Kneasy:
> Maybe I'm being cavalier with sweeping statements, but be fair, 
don't
> you agree that the distaff side is much more susceptible to any
> romantic possibilities in any story? Generally, us males skip that 
bit
> to get to the more  interesting stuff. 

Susan: 
Absolutely!  I got completely carried away with the action, politics, 
etc., when I read Shogun, but I 
initially started reading it for the romance.  Besides, I cannot 
picture (though I'm sure they're out there) a bunch of men 
speculating on Ron's love life, let alone writing romantic fanfic 
involving _any_ of the characters from _any_ series!

> > The only evil character I think will make any attempt at 
redemption 
> > is Peter, and that's not just because he owes Harry his life, or 
> > because of his involvement in his parents' deaths, or because of 
his 
> > involvement in Sirius' incarceration (;-).  I think it's going to 
> > revolve around his cowardice. (And as an aside, how _did_ 
cowardly 
> > Peter get to be a Gryffindor?!) Harry will save him from LV's 
wrath, 
> > and this time Peter will appreciate it and make some sacrifice of 
his 
> > own to help/save Harry.  
> 
> Kneasy:
> Possible. But only if the alternative for Peter is worse -  he's too
> afraid of Voldy to up sticks and take his silver hand and tin of
> Brasso over to  the other side without *very* strong motivation.
> Just owing Harry won't do it IMO. But if Voldy is throwing a 
wobbler,
> raining death and destruction on all and sundry and looking at
> Peter in particular as a target for special treatment, then Peter
> might just do it.

Susan again:
Exactly it.  He's not going to sacrifice his own skin for any reason 
unless the alternative is worse.  IMHO, he didn't run back to LV in 
PoA because he wanted to go.  He ran back to LV because he didn't 
want to go to Azkaban, or worse, get his soul sucked out of him.  And 
again, IMO he's the most likely to try his hand at redemption. 

 You said something similar in a previous post re: Snape, and I have 
to agree with that as well.  

>>Kneasy:
>>Though I have in the past speculated along these lines myself but 
>with
>subtleties - Harry gets himself into trouble (again) and poor old 
>Sevvy
>is the one to get him out of it, making the supreme sacrifice in the
>process. It's the 'why' that's important. Not because he's changed 
>his
>mind about Harry being a stubborn, impulsive, rash little snot, but
>because Harry is the best bet for Snape's dearest wish to be 
>fulfilled,
>the destruction of Voldy.

>He, like DD sees young Potter as Weapon!Harry and the instrument of
>his revenge. Thus Snape would save Harry (possibly a redemptive act)
>but for typically Snape reasons - so that Harry can wreak vengence 
>for
>what Voldy did to Snape.

Susan once again:
If Snape was going to do anything even remotely redemptive in 
_Harry's_ eyes, Snape's motivation for doing such would have nothing 
to do with actual redemption.  It would concern his own reasons for 
either hating LV or sucking up to DD or getting recognition from the 
MoM, etc.  The Slytherine Way.  

The only thing that bothers me about this is that it goes back to the 
pure speculation that LV did something *personally* to Snape, which 
seems to inevitably bring us back to him having a family or love life
(and of course, the twins;-), which I just cannot picture.  I totally 
agree that there obviously has to be some kind of motivation for 
Snape to stop being a DE, and I can't wait to find out what that is, 
but until JKR TELLS me outright that Snape lost his lover/family to 
LV and the DEs, I just won't believe it.

Susan (who truly enjoyed your *interview*, but would love to see what 
_your_ fanfic would be like... ;-)