[HPforGrownups] Re: I'm presenting "Snape's Appeal in Canon: Severus, Meet Sherlock" at this fall's Harry Potter Symposium in Salem!!!

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 130915

Katherine Coble wrote:
> 
> On Jun 17, 2005, at 12:39 AM, Kathryn Jones wrote:
> 
>  > unicorn_72 wrote:
>  >  > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vivienne_davalon"
>  >  > <vivienne_davalon at y...> wrote:
>  >  > <snipped>
>  >  >
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  > 1) The paper I am presenting is called "Snape's Appeal in Canon:
>  >  >  > Severus, Meet Sherlock"  and the summary follows:
>  >       snip
>  >

> Katherine:
>      As an ardent Holmesophile (my screen name and business name is
> Mycropht), I take issue with this.  Holmes is very much the most
> interesting part of the stories, because he not only serves as the
> vehicle for clean logic and deduction but also was an enigmatic
> character in his own right, with super abilities and intensely
> crippling flaws.
> 
>  >
>  >  2.  Holmes was not a cruel person.  He was simply not involved in the
>  >  lives of anyone including Watson. He appeared to have no discernible
>  >  need for anyone in his life, including his twin brother.
> 
> Katherine:
> 
> Moriarty had a twin.  Mycroft (my most beloved character, obviously)
> was NOT Sherlock's twin.  We first meet him in "The Greek Interpreter"
> 
   Vivienne
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   Kathy writes:
     I bow to your greater wisdom.  It has been a few decades. (snicker)
   I suspect that,(of course not knowing your age) the interest or lack
   of it in Holmes as a person might have something to do with whatever
   ages we were when we were first involved with the stories.  I expect
   that children reading Harry have a completely different take on Snape
   than we do.
   KJ