[HPforGrownups] Digest Number 5888

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 127095



> I wrote earlier:
> Even though Sirius knows Snape is on the side of good (we're assuming), he 
> doesn't let up on Snape either. The two just hate each other. It happens, even 
> between otherwise "good" people. 
> 
> 
> Jaanis replied:
> I wanted to add that Snape *is not* a "good guy", and if I'm not mistaken, 
> Rowling has stressed this in a few interviews. Maybe you can put the phrase in 
> quotes meaning that he is with the OotP and against DEs and Voldemort, but 
> he is not a *good* guy.

Me:
  I was using "good" in a general sense, but didn't JKR actually say 
that Snape isn't a "nice" guy? "Good" and "nice" aren't exactly the 
same thing, since the term "good" has a much broader range of 
definitions than "nice" does. 

Julie 
  


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