James and Snape. Was. Re: Snape and Harry again.

[romuluslupin1]

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> Valky wrote:
> Ok to clarify completely, I guess that my post was fully intended 
to 
> address only those that aren't convinced.
> Snivellus is not a mitigating circumstance. It is an implied 
> character judgement. 
> Snivelling is not a description of someone who cried, in "English" 
> english it is a 
> *Character Judgement* 
> Of someone who is weak. And, although, you learned it in English 
> class Alla, I learned it in real life used by those in command of 
> the language in which it was written. It implies a person is weak 
of 
> *virtue*.

RL now:
Thank you for clarifying the concept for us non-native English 
speakers. That was also my understanding of the word "snive" both 
from my readings and my English lessons, but since so many native 
speakers so strongly disagreed, I thought I'd gotten the meaning 
wrong.

Romulus Lupin, who'll keep thinking Snape is ESE until he sees it's 
not so in black and white