Villains in potterverse (Snape)

[Lisa (Jennings) Mamula]

No: HPFGUIDX 116278



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote
> Oh, perfectly phrased - "love them, though it is frustrating to do 
> so". Absolutely.
> 
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> Some of [the characters] are carrying around so much pain, that I 
just want to hug them. :) And 
> some of them are doing so many stupid things that I just want to 
> slap them.
<snip>
> I wish I could hate Voldemort just as passionately as I want to 
slap Snape sometimes.

LisaMarie: 
As my students would say, "True dat!" The urges to comfort and/or 
shake them till they are dizzy come over me quite often as well, and 
not the least of these are evoked by dear Severus himself.  He, 
apart from Harry, seems, IMO, to be the most emotionally damaged 
character, and by far the most complex.  JKR has done a wonderful 
job of making his character a huge presence in the books, but 
without giving us the luxury of knowing anything concrete about him. 
As far as I can tell, most readers have very strong reactions to his 
character and form strong opinions about him, even more so than with 
Harry, because Harry we know; Snape, we don't. 


Alla:
<more snipping> I am talking about [Snape's] reactions to his 
students. I find it to be quite scary.

LisaMarie again:
Very good point.  I sometimes get so wrapped up in 
EmotionallyCrippled!Snape that I forget to take into account 
UnnecessarilyMeanTeacher!Snape.  Part of that "unconditional Snape 
fan" business, I think.  Anyway, you are certainly right.  Most of 
the scenes between him and Harry leave me wanting to shake him 
(Snape) and scream, "What is wrong with you???"  I wonder what his 
fellow Hogwarts teachers think of him. (I've enjoyed the recent 
posts on the Snape/McGonagall thread, though I have a hard time 
envisioning Severus being chatty with his fellows in the staffroom. 
Maybe it's just me.)

A testament to JKR's prowess, I think.  :)

LisaMarie, wondering how everything she posts here ends up being 
about ComplexityRiddled!Snape!!  :)