Question for Snapeophiles and -phobes RE Dumbledore, Snape, and Harry

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 114654

In a message dated 10/3/2004 7:20:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com writes:

> 
> Valky:
> I am pretty sure that JKR herself has voiced that she thinks it 
> could be a sign of an unhealthy trend in fandom to idolise 
> characters with questionable virtue like Draco and Snape. And I 
> agree that it very well could. I recall she did put some of it down 
> to how well the two actors play their role and of course that these 
> two actors have very appealing looks, so your right about that 
> Kneasy but I think Dzeytoun is right too.
> Either way I agree that its got an unhealthy ring to it. I certainly 
> don't want my kids to set themselves on the path of Draco Malfoy 
> when they have Harry's story there in the same book that they could 
> choose to aspire to.

I agree it would be unhealthy to idolize Snape or Draco. However, I
don't think it's unhealthy to be fascinated by them. Those are two
different things. While none of us would want to see anyone model
his or her life after Snape or Draco, or find certain of their actions 
admirable, I don't think there is anything wrong with finding some 
parts of their characters admirable (such as Snape's courage to spy 
against Voldemort, or Draco's...er, not sure there are any admirable 
parts of Draco's character!). 

Moving on, I think it's a human trait to find "bad boys" (or "bad girls") 
fascinating, and it is because we want to see them redeemed.
That fact has fed the success of thousands of plays, novels, movies,
etc, from time immemorial. It only becomes dangerous in real life
when we believe WE can redeem someone else (a good woman can
redeem a bad man, etc). No one can redeem someone else. That
person has to redeem himself or herself.

Julie
(hoping to see Snape redeem himself)


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