[HPforGrownups] Re: Truth vs. what meets Harry's eye (Was: Is Harry an idiot because he thinks Snap

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 140677

SSSusan:

But, while I agree with you on not calling Harry an "idiot" for 
coming to the conclusion that he came to, I would argue with you 
about the MOST straightforward read being ESE!Snape or Turncoat!
Snape.  

If one saw just that scene, I would agree.  If one were Harry, I 
would agree.  But with 6 books of history & evidence *coupled* with a 
lack of knowledge of what Snape was thinking or feeling or what 
condition DD was actually in or what/if anything passed between those 
two men, and adding in Snape's behavior on the grounds afterwards, I 
think it can still be a pretty straightforward read to believe in DDM!
Snape.

Siriusly Snapey Susan



Sherry now:

Oh sadly I have to find myself in disagreement with SS Susan!  You said that
if it was just that one scene it could be a straight forward reading of ESE
Snape, but with all we know from the other books ... well, to me, the tower
scene just confirmed everything I knew about Snape from previous books.  It
gave me the freedom to stop trying to force myself into believing that such
a total jerk and monster could still be on the side of good and now I can
believe my instinct that has always tried to tell me he is bad.  It wasn't
that the tower scene changed my mind.  It shocked me, oh my how it shocked
me.  I had worked for years to try to believe Snape because of Dumbledore's
trust in him.  But the tower just brought everything about Snape together in
my mind everything from all the books and my conclusion is that he murdered
Dumbledore for whatever reason.  i don't even care if it was or was not an
AK.  killing Dumbledore makes him evil to me, just as everything i've ever
read of him made me suspect in the past, though I tried to deny it.  So,
again, how we all read these books is so open to interpretation, that we can
all and have all read the exact same set of books, and we have all come to
very different conclusions.  I suppose this is another brilliant thing JKR
has done, especially in the creation of Snape.  

sherry