JKR chat--Snape the coward or the one left forever?

[puju02]

No: HPFGUIDX 92662

> 
> Susan:
I think if Voldy was 
> going to be convinced to actually listen to an explanation, it 
would 
> be more likely from the one he planned to punish, rather than from 
> the one he planned to kill.  Does that make sense?
> I was just trying to argue one rationale for Snape as coward....
> 
Puja:
There is just one loop I find to that assumption, Susan. We've seen 
with wormtail that LV gives very harsh punishments. But since then we 
haven't seen any kind of trauma that he has suffered. My thinking is 
that Snape's work is more as a legilimens (DD says he's excellent at 
that). 
But I can see you're really keen to prove Snape a coward and no-ghood 
person :-) I'd agree with you there :-D