Why the dismay from JKR? (Snape)

[mnaper2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 114623


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jennifer" 
<red_light_runner08 at y...> wrote:
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> > Dzeytoun:
> > > JKR has on several ocassions expressed puzzlement and some 
dismay 
> > > over the fascination with Severus Snape in fandom.  Now, why 
> > > would she?  I mean, he seems to be a very complex character. 
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Ally:

I have to poke in here, because if you're referring to JKR's most 
recent book chat, I think her references to Snape and the romantic 
attachments many fans have are tongue in cheek responses to fan 
crushes.  Her quotations, taken in plain print, are often misread 
because she uses sarcasm so much, and because the print misses 
inflections, etc.

She also said in the same interview that he is "a gift of a 
character" and she has repeatedly said that she is one of her 
favorites.  I don't think she's trying to suggest anything about the 
future of Snape, while on the contrary, she's been a lot more direct 
and clear about another bad boy, Draco, who she has specifically 
warned people about getting attached to.