JKR's devotion to children/why this may indicate Snape is evil

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 133782

HunterGreen wrote:
"The fact that he's so obviously evil is what makes it so hard to
accept that he actually is. He's much more interesting as a
"good-but-doesn't-act-it" character. As a bad guy, he's almost a
stereotype, he dresses in dark clothes, he's a loner, he's cruel, he
despises the main character of the books, he's the head of the
Slytherin "evil" house (not that I agree that with that
generalization), and he used to be Death Eater. As a reformed wizard,
working against Voldemort at extreme risk, he's just more interesting,
but as a bad guy, well, he's *obvious*."

Del replies:
I completely agree. If it turns out that Snape was indeed always evil,
never on the side of good, and that DD was a fool for giving him a
second chance, then I'll be severely disappointed.

The ONE reason Snape is of ANY interest to me is that he is a horrible
person working for the side of Good. If it turns out that he was
always horrible, then he's simply BO-O-O-O-RING!!!

I would also be very disappointed to have Sirius be right when he said
(paraphrase) : "some spots don't come off", and DD be wrong for giving
people second chances. I would hate for one conclusion of the series
to be that some people don't deserve second chances, that people who
are "too evil" (definition of that left to your own taste) simply
can't change and repent. It would smack of predestination way too much
for my taste. But then, some other things in the Potterverse also
smack of predestination, so I wouldn't be overly surprised if that
particular conclusion was reached and if it turned out that Snape was
indeed always evil.

Ah well, they are not MY books, are they?

Del