Snape and Harry again.

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 113988

Kethryn wrote:
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 Honestly, if any literary character ever needed a psycologist as 
much as Snape does, I would be vastly surprised (I am an English 
major and I have read a ton so I can say that I have never met a 
more complex man than Snape...no, not even Hamlet).

Potioncat:
Welcome to the group.

JKR has made Snape and set him up so that whatever she does with 
him, half of us will be surprised. Or maybe everyone will.  As much 
as I defend Snape, I can see the possibility that he'll betray the 
Order. Or that he will do something unexpected. I am, of course, 
hoping for a pleasant surprise.

Kethryn: 
>> Kethryn who admits that she may be biased slightly towards Snape 
because Alan Rickman plays him in the movies but, at the same time, 
is having a hard time with the scene in the pensive still because 
she wants a reason why James acted like a jerk and a bully without 
making either Snape or James out to be the big bad monster.

Potioncat:
I agree (with both parts)  Lots of us get caught up in the bad!James-
-good!James vrs Good!Snape--bad!Snape discussions.  The thing to 
keep in mind is that in the end, both were fighting LV.