Snape and Harry again.

[kmcbears1]

No: HPFGUIDX 114014

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:
> Kethryn wrote:
> snip
>  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.

kmc:
Another thing to keep in mind is that they were both 15.  Even Harry 
is a git at 15.  There are a lot of times in OotP that I want to 
shake Harry and tell him to grow up.

I really like the Snape character.  I like that fact that even when I 
defend his actions I know he is probably one of the dark grey guys.  
I really like the mix of good and bad in Snape.  

I am pinning my hopes on McGonagle's attitude toward Snape.  She was 
his teacher and I am sure gave him and the Marauders detention at 
least once during their 7 years at Hogwarts.  As I mentioned before, 
IMO MM and Snape have a friendly feud about the positions of their 
houses when it comes to Quidditch and the House Cup.  She does not 
treat him like a former student but as an equal.  

(BTW Snape was my favorite character even before Alan Rickman played 
him in the medium not to be discussed here.)

kmc