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

[colebiancardi]

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> On the subject of JKR's answer to "Was Snape ever loved?" I'd have
to agree
> with Silence that the wording seemed off. My first thought was "As
far as
> what goes?"
>
> ~Cassie~
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>
I posted this before and the more I think about it, the more it makes
sense(at least to me)

The theme that DD is trying to drill into Harry's head in HBP is love.
Not romantic, sexual love - but love. Harry's mother saved him by
love. Voldemort's mother loved him, but she died when he was born. so,
LV never had a mother's love. So, that is why I think who loved Snape
- it is simple. His mother.  

from interview:
MA: Oh, here's one [from our forums] that I've really got to ask you.
Has Snape ever been loved by anyone?

JKR: Yes, he has, which in some ways makes him more culpable even than
Voldemort, who never has

I cannot imagine that a boy that was as good-loooking as Riddle NEVER
was loved in a romantic way. Even Draco gets some. I believe JKR is
alluding to a mother's love in her passage.  and speaking of Draco, he
also has a mother's love - who will do anything, even defy Voldemort,
to protect him.