Snape-the Hero -- Snape-the Abuser

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 143244

> >>Sydney wrote:
> > It's an argument I haven't used against evil!Snape because it's 
> > more of a moral argument, which is not a language we use a heck 
> > of a lot in the film industry, but JKR seems such a humane,     
> > generous person that I have a hard time believing she'd invent a 
> > central character who piles ugliness, meaness, greasiness, and  
> > uncoolness on top of treachery, cowardice, and what-have-you,    
> > just so we can revel either in the vicious pleasure of revenge   
> > or the smug pleasure of clemency to the sub-human guy who has    
> > Nothing to Do with us Clean People.  

> >>ladyljd:
> Very well said.  I agree with your assessment of the Snape         
> situation.  However, unlike you, I have no belief in JKR's        
> humanity and generosity being extended to this character.  I       
> believe she will satisfy the masses a la your Fatal Attraction     
> example by completing her unclean!Snape destruction in book 7.    
> For me, her simplistic view of this character is now crystal      
> clear.  And a great disappointment.

Betsy Hp:
Ooh, I totally disagree.  I get the sense JKR *loves* Snape.  I know 
he's one of her more fun characters to write (per interview), but 
I'd also bet that she likes him too.  For one, it's from JKR that 
Snape gets all his too-cool moments.  And when he's going through an 
agony, JKR is the one who enables us to see that he is agonized.  
But most importantly, Snape is so much like Harry, and I know JKR 
loves Harry.  So how could she dislike Snape?  I don't doubt he'll 
*die* in book 7, but I'm betting on a hero's death.  (Probably 
taking Harry's place so Harry can get to baby-making in the 
epilogue.)

JKR does seem to have a taste for random acts of cruelty that I 
don't share (though I'll wait for the final word before I fully 
accept that she does), but I've never gotten the sense that she's 
about any sort of unclean!character writing.

Betsy Hp (who, like Carol, is pleased that Dan Radcliffe is a DDM!
Snape and a LOLLIPOPS guy. <g>)