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

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No: HPFGUIDX 122141


Betsy wrote:
Hopefully I've made clear by now that I do not consider interviews
with actors to be canon (though they are interesting). Please show
me something in the books that illustrates Snape's jealousy of Harry.
 
Vmonte responds: You're kidding, right? 

Alla:

Would you like some help, Vmonte? :o)

"Harry Potter. Our new - celebrity".

"Tut, tut - fame clearly is not everything" PS/SS, p.137.

If this is not Snape jealousy speaking, I don't know what is.

Here is another one for you, Betsy.

"How come I saw through the snake's eyes if it's Voldemort's 
thoughts I am sharing?"
"Do not say the Dark Lord's name!" spat Snape.
There was a nasty silence. They glared at each other across the 
Pensieve.
"Professor Dumbledore says his name," said Harry quietly.
"Dumbledore is extremely pwoerful wisard," Snape muttered.
"While he may feel secure enough to use the name... the rest of 
us..." - 00P, p.532, paperback.

Doesn't it look to you that Snape is gealous that Harry is not 
like "the rest of us" and is not afraid to say Voldemort's name?

We also have Snape's "you are neither special, nor important"

 The boy who may be WW only chance to defeat Voldemort is neither 
special nor important to Snape. Hmmm, or is he just jealous?

There is also from PoA "you should thank me on the bended knee", 
which again smells as jealosy to me.


By the way,Betsy, I usually do not consider actors interviews as 
canon, but this quote from Alan Rickman carries much more weight to 
me, because JKR indeed told him something about Snape's character, 
which we are not privy to yet.

And yes, I consider JKR's interviews to be canon.


Just my opinion,

Alla