Why people like Snape (was : why the dismay from JKR)

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 114677


---Dzeytoun wrote:> 
> 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.  Is all of 
it just because she is worried about teenagers falling for Alan 
Rickman, or is there something else?  I honestly haven't a clue.

Hannah: I think it's because JKR has created characters which she 
likes so much more; Harry, Lupin, Hagrid, and she's almost hurt on 
their behalf that some of us prefer the baddies.

I like Snape because he's such an interesting character, and he has 
all the best lines.  Some of the characters are a bit 2-dimensional, 
and it's harder to get excited about them.  I don't understand why 
people find Snape attractive, but I really do care about his fate.  

I suppose people identify with Snape.  I'd love to say I was as kind 
as Hagrid, as brave as Harry, as wise as Dumbledore, but I'm not, 
and I don't think many real people are.  Snape is flawed, but he 
gives us the hope that past digressions can be rectified.  He is (or 
can be interpreted as) trying to do the right thing, even though 
he's not very happy about it.  I think people sympathise with that.  
We all make mistakes (maybe not quite as bad as becoming a DE...) 
and hope that we will be forgiven and able to make up for them.

As for Alan Rickman, I think most true HP fans had their favourite 
characters established long before the films came along.  And lets 
admit, he is pretty attractive compared to DD, Flitwick, Filch, or 
children too young to be considered attractive to the adult HP fan.

Hannah, who keeps having to delete large portions of her fanfic 
because she's too biased towards Snape to write him plausibly