The dynamic Snape (was: Twist JKR? (was:Re: Dumbledore's pleading...)

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> >>Lupinlore:
> Well, we'll have to disagree on that one.  When I see him interact  
> with Harry in some way not determined or deeply colored by          
> nastiness and bitterness, I will agree he has grown complex and     
> interesting, as opposed to boring and pathetic.  Until then, he's   
> Little Johnny One Note who badly needs to be spanked and sent to    
> bed without his supper.

Betsy Hp:
So, until Snape suddenly treats Harry nicely he's not a complex 
character for you?  It sounds to me like you're not commenting on 
JKR's writing style, you're commenting on Snape's personality.

And again I say, the very fact that you dislike the character enough 
to insult him as you do (Snape, you are so very childish, etc.) 
suggests that JKR has created a realistic, albeit nasty and bitter, 
character.  You find his bitterness (and his expression of it, I'm 
guessing) unforgivable, and I take a different view.  But a character 
being bitter doesn't automatically mean that character is flat.

I doubt we'll ever agree on how we *feel* about the character of 
Snape, but I think we can agree that Snape does garner some sort of 
feeling.  Which is why I'd say the characterization JKR has done *is* 
dynamic.

Betsy Hp (who has some totally different ideas on what should be done 
with Snape <eg>)