The Unloved Son (was Re: Could I be wrong about Snape being evil?)

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> wynnleaf said:
> I agree that there's a level of immaturity there.  However, I'm
> interested to note that when DD speaks in OOTP of Snape's inability
> to get over his feelings about James, DD says that "some wounds go
> too deep for healing." DD does *not* indicate that Snape was being
> petty in his hatred for James. We readers often think of it as a
> school boy's grudge, but that's not really how DD characterized it
> when he spoke of the depth of the wound.
>
> Sherry replied:
> I actually agree with this.  What I find immature is the instant
> hatred of Harry based on who Harry's father was.  There are people
> who have destroyed me in ways, people who have devastated my life.
> The wounds may indeed be too deep to heal.  I would never like or
> trust those people.  But should I then hate and be cruel to that
> person's son, just because the kid is that enemy's son?


Now Cacaia:
Everytime I try to find a way around this question that does not
involve some romance on Snape's part to Harry's mother, I have to
rethink my steps. If you think about it from that lens, James stole
everything from Snape: His invented spells, and...perhaps...the love
of his life? Yeah, sure, he called her a "mudblood", but maybe he was
just trying to act tough...as for acting, yes, I agree, Snape must be
one hell of an actor...I don't think the spying thing was for the
thrill of it, but more of a getaway- he is, after all, a Slytherin,
and very, very cunning- he'll try to worm his way in anywhere he can
to survive. But back to Snape's relationship to James: I definitely
think there is much much more to it than we, readers, were allowed to
know... there must be something else that drives Snape to treat Harry
the way he does......
Cacaia