Snape really IS evil

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No: HPFGUIDX 134194

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "John Kearns" <jmkearns at g...> wrote:
> UNIX4EVR wrote:
> 
> 7) This is my bitterness talking, but it seems that anyone who 
> overlooks the obvious in the books to seek out more complex 
> motivations and explanations is foolhardy, indeed.  As much as I hate 
> to think this, perhaps theories such as Snape's innocence give JKR and 
> her plot too much credit.
> 


Hi John. Well, ya know, book 7 will be the proof of the pudding, yes?

I, too, strongly WANT to believe that JKR is a better writer than this -- that making Snape 
baldly evil -- and revealing it in that "point by point" spinner's end expo, so early in HBP 
(and really, so early in the endgame of the series) -- is just -- clunky writing.

Because I want to believe she's better than this, I want to believe in good!Snape. OR, at the 
very least, ESE!Snape who's going to be redeemed in some highly unexpected way in Book 
7. (The latter scenario would at least explain his use of the AK in such a shocking way.)

The whole cave thing, as mentioned earlier, the crazy stuff that comes out of D'dore's 
mouth there -- there is definitely SOMETHING more going on with Dumbledore at the end 
of the book, more than meets the reader's eye initially. WHAT is really happening remains 
to be seen. 

Which means ... I'm forced to give JKR the benefit of the doubt for another 2 or 3 years, till 
she ultimately answers all the questions and puts an end to the endless speculation.

I really hope there's a "more than meets the eye" explanation for D'dore's death and 
Snape's behavior -- because the overt explanation (all is as it seems) is extremely boring 
writing. This in fact, to me, is probably the single strongest argument FOR "more than 
meets the eye."

I hope I'm not wrong.

Julie H