Lupin's resentment : An inside to Snape's resentment

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No: HPFGUIDX 94055

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Berit Jakobsen" 
<belijako at o...> wrote:
> > 
> > So yes; I can see Snape being capable of 'loving' :-)
> > 
> 
> Why on earth do you want him to be loving?
> I think ole Snapey is great just the way he's appeared up  to now.
> By far the most interesting character in the books, credible and
> providing an absolutely superb role model on how to deal with
> stroppy  kids. Wonderful!
> 
> I  strongly  suspect movie contamination in all this pining for
> a softer more compassionate Snape: you're not seeing Snape as
> written - you're seeing Alan Rickman. Fantasy time! Be honest.
> 
> The Snape I imagine has a pitted cadaverous face, two days worth
> of stubble, nose hairs, yellowing teeth and halitosis. We  already
> know he has a hooked nose and sallow skin. A pin-up he ain't.
> And he has a personality to match. JKR in one interview hinted
> that he might be redeemed, but he would never be nice; 'not nice
> at all' are the words she's used to describe him -  and now you 
> want him to be a fluffy bunny in disguise. Hearts and flowers?
> More like acid and thistles for Snape. He enjoys being misanthropic.
> 
> Hands off our nasty, bullying, sarcastic, slimy, evil Potions Master
> please. He's perfect the way he is.
> 
> Kneasy


Hi, Kneasy! Usually I read your posts and admire your writing style, 
but never respond to them, because you and me are reading very 
different books and I don't see any discussion possible between us at 
all, because what you call black, I call white and vice versa.
 I guess you could be proud of yourself, because I finally took your 
bait. :o)

Yes, I want Snape to show that he can love, not just hate. That 's  a 
necessary condition for me to like the literary character. I prefer 
characters, who are capable of love. It does not mean that I want him 
to become "nice".

Kneasy, Please forgive me for writing couple sentences in responce to 
Anne post (I will write detailed answer in the evening, Anne)
I don't prefer happy characters at all. (Have you read "Crime and 
Punishment"? I Love Raskolnikov and he is so not happy character at 
all) I prefer characters who can express more than one emotion and 
with every book Snape becomes more and more one note character for 
me. He hates and hates and hates.

Yes, he is a mystery still and I want to know more about him, but 
complexity does not equal mystery at all. I used to think of Snape as 
most well-developed and complex character of the "potterverse" I 
don't anymore.


Alla