A Deeply Horrible Person (Was Re: Resignation & Book 7 Predictions)

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Bekki wrote:
> Therefore I've come to think of "deeply horrible" as only applying 
to Snape's personality, at least as far as that quote goes. It seems like the sarcastic comments would be fun to write, not someone being truly evil. She doesn't say that enjoyed writing Tom Riddle.

houyhnhnm:

Thanks for running down that quote.  I don't think impromtu answers 
in an interview convey a writer's true feelings about a character as 
much what s/he writes in the book.

In some ways Snape is a deeply horrible person, but that is not the 
same as being evil.  All spys are horrible because of what they must 
do, but they are not all traitors.  We get a glimpse of the web of 
lies into which Snape has woven himself in "Spinners End" (Loved that 
title!)