Clues Convergent Redux

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 135028



tinglinger wrote:
After reading a couple of thousand posts(yes,  that many, since I have 
read virtually all the posts in HPFGU since right  before OOP came out)
saying how WONDERFUL Snape really is  -
J- I can't recall anyone saying that. On the side of good or evil,  Snape
is a bitter, angry, often mean git who, if he does prove to be DD's  man,
will have barely redeemed himself for all the bad decisions he's made 
in his life. And if he dies DD's man, no one will actually mourn his 
passing, even while acknowledging his part in bringing down  Voldemort.
In sum, even with redemption, Snape's led a lonely and  embittered life,
which is a bit sad.  


how  truly misunderstood he is -
J- Of course he's misunderstood, either by Voldemort, or DD, or
Harry. No one yet knows the real Snape, including the readers, 
so no one understands him.


how  pure of heart he is -
J--No one has ever come close to saying this. 


how  he would NEVER hurt a non-airborne fly! ----
J--Or this. 


despite all evidence in the books to the contrary
J--We've also seen a lot of conflicting evidence, which can't be
fully evaluated until we know more. 


despite the duplicity
J--I don't think anyone has denied Snape is duplicitous. It's just  not
clear who is his major victim--DD or Voldemort.


despite his aiding and abetting a more competent and lethal squad  of 
death eaters entering Hogwarts - especially that loveable ol'Fennir  
Greyback who would like nothing more than to crunch and munch as  many
students as he possibly could..... {why, i'm just FEELIN' the luv for  
poor old misunderstood Sevvy for THAT ...}
J--Er, I don't recall Snape aiding the DEs entering Hogwarts. I  thought
Draco did that on his own. Snape just reacted once they arrived. Or
did I miss something?


despite AKing Dumbledore (for whatever reason – and please don't  talk 
about assisted suicide without a foot of parchment of proof for that  
theory indicating how the wizarding community is best served with DD  
gone)
J--Um, aren't we allowed to talk about whatever we want here, as long
as it involves the HP books? No one has a foot of parchment as proof
of *any* theory, or they wouldn't be "theories." 


despite his willingness to have the dementors suck out the souls of  
Lupin and Sirius without listening to their pleas
J--Snape was motivated by his hatred here, I agree. He wasn't  interested
in explanations, just in being proved right. This doesn't in any way 
prove ESE!Snape however, just BlindedbyBitterness!Snape. 


despite never showing the slightest inkling to act with fairness or  
patience for anyone but DD or Slytherin House Students  ....
J--Actually, he gave fair grades in Potions, AFAWK, even to students
he didn't like. Hermoine for instance. 


I  now hereby challenge anyone and everyone who is under the delusion
(hey, if  Harry/Hermione shippers can take it, then surely the kinder 
and gentler  Snape defenders can) that Snape is indeed misunderstood
to write a canon  based summary that demonstrates just how dear ol' 
Severus is NOT the evil  betraying snivelly turd that he has 
demonstrated himself to be by each and  every one of his actions since 
the series started

J--Canon-based summaries on why Snape might not be ESE but 
DD's man have been written over the past few weeks. The points
and inconsistencies have been laid out. We are all free to plug 
in those inconsistencies however we each feel they best fit.
Clearly we won't all be correct--only JKR knows how it all really
fits together--but we can at least respect each other enough to
allow divergent theories without condemning the posters we 
don't agree with, can't we?
 
Julie 
 
 


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