Although... maybe less than 70 percent

[alice_loves_cats]

No: HPFGUIDX 133108

The Snape!notESE theorists are described as clinging to a desperate
hope by JKR. Oh dear. Maybe it's Sirius all over again, and we're just
wishful thinkers and Snape IS ESE and everything is awful?

Here's the quote from www.the-leaky-cauldron.org OR www.mugglenet.com
Love, Alice


"MA: OK, big big big book six question. Is Snape evil?

JKR: [Almost laughing] Well, you've read the book, what do you think?

ES: She's trying to make you say it categorically.

MA: Well, there are conspiracy theorists, and there are people who
will claim -

JKR: Cling to some desperate hope [laughter] -

ES: Yes!

MA: Yes!

ES: Like certain shippers we know!

[All laugh]

JKR: Well, okay, I'm obviously – Harry-Snape is now as personal, if
not more so, than Harry-Voldemort. I can't answer that question
because it's a spoiler, isn't it, whatever I say, and obviously, it
has such a huge impact on what will happen when they meet again that I
can't. And let's face it, it's going to launch 10,000 theories and I'm
going to get a big kick out of reading them so [laughs] I'm evil but I
just like the theories, I love the theories.

ES: I know Dumbledore likes to see the good in people but he seems
trusting almost to the point of recklessness sometimes.

[Laughter] Yes, I would agree. I would agree.

ES: How can someone so -

JKR: Intelligent -

ES: be so blind with regard to certain things?

JKR: Well, there is information on that to come, in seven. But I would
say that I think it has been demonstrated, particularly in books five
and six that immense brainpower does not protect you from emotional
mistakes and I think Dumbledore really exemplifies that. In fact, I
would tend to think that being very, very intelligent might create
some problems and it has done for Dumbledore, because his wisdom has
isolated him, and I think you can see that in the books, because where
is his equal, where is his confidante, where is his partner? He has
none of those things. He's always the one who gives, he's always the
one who has the insight and has the knowledge. So I think that, while
I ask the reader to accept that McGonagall is a very worthy second in
command, she is not an equal. You have a slightly circuitous answer,
but I can't get much closer than that."