In Defense of Snape (Against Snape in JKR's words)

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No: HPFGUIDX 122102


Vmonte again: Betsy, you cut out the most significant part. I 
will  quote it again though. JKR: ..."But you must not forget that 
Snape  was a Death Eater. He will have seen things that
 Why 
do you love  him? Why do people love Snape? I do not 
understand this." [EBF-04]<
 
 
Pippin:
But Dumbledore said that Snape is now no more a Death Eater 
than Dumbledore himself, and JKR criticized Sirius on her web 
site for treating Snape as if he couldn't have reformed.


Alla:

Hmmm, not exactly, Pippin, if we are thinking about the same quote.

She said that Sirius treats Snape as if there were no "LATENT good 
qualities" there.


Which pretty much agreeable to what I think about this character - 
he is not redeemed yet, but probably will be at the end.


He may not even be redeemed at the end, because those LATENT 
qualities may never develop.


Just my opinion,


Alla.