Sadistic!Snape? (was:Snape's canon opposite/ Proving loyalty...)

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 140239

> >>Betsy Hp:
> > This is where I'm aware I'm kind of on my own, but honestly? I've
> > yet to Snape behaving as a "deeply horrible person". 
> > <snip>

> >>vmonte:
> Checkmate! You've finally revealed yourself completely.

Betsy Hp:
Huh?  Have you read any of my posts on Snape?  I've *always* seen 
Snape in a better light than many.  Rather than revealing anything, 
I thought I was being repetitive

> >>vmonte:
> It's beyond me how you can say that you don't understand how folks 
> get the idea that Snape is deeply horrible and sadistic when the   
> author plainly states this as fact in her books and in her        
> interviews. 
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
Probably because the books don't plainly state it at all.  Which is 
why I ignore the interviews.  Though I'll also add that I believe 
you're stringing two interviews (of fairly different time periods, 
IIRC) together.  I don't think JKR ever said, "Snape is a deeply 
horrible and sadistic man, who's abusive to his students."  But 
folks take various interviews and manipulate them so it appears 
that's what she said.  Another reason I feel free to ignore the 
interviews.  They can be ambiguous in and of themselves.

> >>zgirnius:
> <snip> 
> ...I conducted a highly non-scientific poll with a sample of one   
> (my nephew, now entering the fourth grade, who had just finished   
> HBP and is a long-time fan of the series.) I asked him what he    
> thought of Snape as a teacher, and he responded he thought Snape  
> was a good teacher. He knows his stuff and doesn't put up with    
> cr*p from his students. So there are at least two of you...

Betsy Hp:
Yay! Brilliant boy, your nephew.  I can tell. <bg>  So I'm not 
totally alone!  (Though I do think the Snape supporters are many, in 
reality.)

Betsy Hp