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

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Silence <silencescreamsatme at y...> wrote:
> 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!


This is what makes JK so brilliant.  She had most of her readership 
convinced Snape was innocent all because DD trusted him... she's 
amazing imo -- just amazing.  She created a character in DD that 
everyone trusted without a doubt -- when Harry spoke ill of Snape 
not only were Ron, Lupin, etc., saying "Oh Harry, DD trusts him" 
but so were the readers.  And the end of book 6 is the ulimate 
shock because no one saw that coming.  What a plot twist.

Don't think Snape will be redeemed, folks.  And while over the 
last two years I had hoped Sirius would come back somehow, I'm now 
convinced he isn't and DD definitely isn't.

Someone posted something about why DD had to die and I agree 100% 
and Harry realizes it himself at the end of the book.  There is no one left to protect him -- he won't even begin to get Prof 
McGonagall involved  because he knows that this is it -- this is 
his fight now.  I cried so hard when DD died (on the NYC train no less) but this passage where Harry comes to terms with DD dying 
and understanding why he had to die... Well that made me feel closure.. It makes sense and it had to happen.

robyn