Snape giveaway by JKR in BBC interview?

[desastreuse]

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Medeacallous writes:

> But no Snape, despite what she always says about what a horrible 
> person he is?!

Yes, I noted that, too, when I read the interview. It seems to me 
that Rowling is truly hedging when it comes to Snape's nature (e.g., 
the recent Leaky Cauldron interview) but did give herself away here 
a bit. The omission of Snape is very telling, indeed. The small-
potatoes cruelty of Umbridge, the smarminess of Lockhart, the
priggish bullying of Dursley capped only by the predictable violence 
of Voldemort leaves a hole big enough to drive a Mack truck through 
when it comes to Snape's "apparent" cruel, evil, and violent 
treachery. Certainly she hasn't forgotten potentially and arguably 
the worst villain of the entire series, he of the gross greasy hair 
and the yellow teeth, the one she just wrote most recently about in 
her most controversal text yet? 

Indeed, at times it not what we say, it's what we don't say that 
matters most. 

desastreuse

p.s.  I responded to your post this morning, but, alas, I fiddled 
with the "To:" menu on my screen and ended up sending it to the 
landlords.  :(