JKR's answer to "Was Snape ever loved?"

[leslie41]

No: HPFGUIDX 134333

 ~Silence:
> 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!
 

If Snape does turn out to be evil, I'll be disappointed not just 
because I guess I expected better of him, but because, well...it 
just seems so *boring*.  However I at least hope I won't go stark 
raving mad if that's what happens in book 7.  It's been embarrassing 
to witness the complete insane fandom meltdown with H/Hr shippers in 
the past week (esp. with regard to these interviews)

I'm not a canon nazi anyway, really.  (Otherwise I wouldn't read 
Snarry fics!)  

Despite my previous optimism, keeping my fingers crossed about 
Snape, in the wake of these interviews, seems like a foolish hope, 
no matter what seems to be in the text.  I think I will start 
resigning myself to the ESE theory, and then if it doesn't turn out 
that way, it will be a nice surprise.

(:^I

Leslie41