[HPforGrownups] JKR's answer to "Was Snape ever loved?"

[Silent Screamer]

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> I'm wondering what we all should make of this. 
> JKR's 3-part 
> interview seems for the first time to really
> indicate that she 
> believes Snape is evil.  Yet in previous interviews
> she hinted that 
> there was a redemptive pattern.
>
> She seems to be saying that we're "clinging to a
> desperate hope" and 
> Snape is worse than Voldemort, which is making it
> very hard for me 
> to really support the clues in the text.
> 
> What do ya'll think?

As I think, as a firm Snape-lover, the choice of
wording is rather depressing. The word culpable is
what got me there. She's basically saying that Snape
is worthy of some blame here. Which makes me think
that I'm one of the 'delusional desperate clingers'
when it comes to Snape.

It just would be so disappointing to have him be
really evil after all this time. Snape has been one of
my favorite fictional characters for years now. To
have him be a bad guy after all...I don't know if my
heart can take it!

~Silence

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