Why the dismay from JKR? (Snape)

[Jennifer]

No: HPFGUIDX 114720


> Jennifer said:
> > Like she said- it's the bad boy syndrome. Extremely exciting and 
> > always ends in disaster and it makes no sense. 

Aura annegirl11 at j... wrote:
> I just want to point out that it isn't the bad boy thing for some 
> people. Snape is just interesting. Some girls find that attractive. 
> Some girls just enjoy the character without being attracted to him. 
> But it seems like JKR is just focusing on the "bad boy" thing when 
> she is irritated at the fans crushing on Snape, which isn't exactly
> the it.
> 
> Snape's a mystery, he's possibly the most complicated character in 
> the book, every plot about him is *fun* because he's such a free 
> radical. Plus he's intelligent, sharply witty, and, honestly, 
> sometimes I'm glad that someone gives Harry the smackdown, only 
> because main characters usually annoy me. 
> 
> BTW, do teen girls crush on Alan Rickman? 


Jennifer:

I'd imagine since Alan Rickman played Snape he's probably become an 
object of affection for girls and women. 

I just think Snape is not a nice person. There's no justification for 
the way he behaves most of the time and although he seems to be 
playing for the good side that doesn't mean he's essentially a nice 
misunderstood person. Why do people like him? There's nothing to 
like! That's probably why she's so amused by it. People are finding 
qualities in these characters that they find attractive etc. but 
she's not trying to write them that way. I mean Snape is a great 
character to read, I agree there, and I find his encounters with 
Harry so interesting but why do people feel the need to make excuses 
for his behavior? People like mystery and Snape is as ambiguous as 
they come.