[HPforGrownups] Re: Conspiracies and re-assessments

[charme]

No: HPFGUIDX 111939


From: "M.Clifford">
> Valky:
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> JKR on Snape: (Paraphrase) You shouldn't like him _too_ much.....
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Charme:

Oh, I am SO glad you posted what you did, Valky. :)

Nope, you definitely shouldn't like him too much.  It's rather like "poor
Snape, look how hard his life was" as an excuse for how he later turned out
to be a DE, and now supposedly is reformed? While I love the complexity of
Snape's character, I am not fooled by him:  he's in it all for himself,
unless he does something noble to convince me otherwise. As is Peter
Pettigrew.

The whole argument about James being entranced by the "dark arts"  and or
being a putz because of a single Pensieve memory, is "reaching," IMO.
Everybody does things when they are young which they regret, and that
doesn't make them evil. I might remind people who might think otherwise that
there are specific items in that memory that you have to wonder how Snape
knew, like the L.E. James drew, the Marauder's conversation, and several
other intriguing details which should make you go, "HUH?  How did SNAPE know
THAT?"  Let's face it, Snapey Poo sure looks like the nosey cur Sirius said
he was if you look at it from that perspective.

Charme