Snape getting off scott free/ Ending for Snape

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antonia:
> Why does Severus have to suffer horribly? Why do I get the feeling
> that people hate him even more than they hate Voldemort or any 
other
> evil character? Is it because we are not sure to whom he is loyal?
> I really don't consider his actions being so despicable in the 
books
> so that everyone should hate him. Yes, he tends to treat his 
students
> badly, especially Harry & comp but we must also take in account 
that
> Harry seems to hate him instinctively no matter what Severus does.
> I don't know what you think about this but I feel that Harry is 
being
> unjust to Severus from the very beginning. I mean if a person is 
not
> that nice to us, do we have to hate him? Maybe this is just his 
style
> his personality, his way of handling things.


Alla:

Heeee, welll you asked. Older members are wholeheartedly invited  to 
skip this post if they wish, since I doubt that they will find 
anything new in here.

Why does Severus have to suffer horribly? Well, let's separate two 
things first and foremost, I do not spend my time wishing suffering 
on real people who are not nice to me or who in my opinion may 
dislike me intensely.

Fictional characters on the other hand - why not? That is how I tend 
to read the stories of this type, I want evil as I perceived it to 
be punished.

Now, do people tend to hate Snape more than Voldemort? I don't know 
and I don't care to tell you the truth :) I do know that most 
regulars on this board seem to love Snape dearly though :). I also 
find him fascinating character, but as a reader it is my fondest 
wish to see him pay for all what he did to Harry and Neville. It is 
just my 
wish, nothing more. It is JKR's story, so I would most like be able 
to swallow any ending, except Harry's death.

Now, do I hate Snape more than Voldemort? In some ways I absolutely 
do. Oh, of course I know that Voldemort is an evil maniac, who 
promotes genocide, murder, torture, etc. He needs to die, but in 
some ways he acts so idiotically that I just want to laugh sometimes.

Snape on the other hand - oh, that is perfectly done everyday evil 
as far as I am concerned. I find him in many ways more chilling than 
Voldemort, because of more reality based if that makes sense.

Moving on, again I am just giving you the condensed version of my 
views, since I wrote on this topic so very often, if you want links 
to some of my old posts, I can send them to you offlists.

I have a feeling that we will not be able to understand each other 
much, because "Harry had been unjust to him from the beginning" is 
something that I find mind boggling.

IMO, Harry came to Snape class ( yes, despite hearing some not nice 
things about Slytherins) perfectly willing to give Snape a chance.

Narrator through Harry's eyes tells us that Snape had a "gift of 
keeping class quiet" that sounds to me as perfectly positive 
assesment of the teacher. That is till Snape IMO attacks him as 
vicious dog, asking questions that no "muggleraised" first year old 
can know, unless he is Hermione.

I wanted to strangle Snape when I read that. Of course during the 
years Harry develops hatred of Snape ( and how could he not in my 
view?)

But as far as I am concerned Snape is the only one to blame for 
that. Teacher in mid thirties is responsible for his actions towards 
eleven year old much more than that eleven year old.

Oh, and me wishing Snape to suffer has nothing to do with his 
loyalties. I mean, it does - I want him to pay for Dumbledore's 
murder, but even if he DD!M, he to me is still abusive jerk, who 
felt it is possible to take out his feelings about James on the 
innocent child ( and no, I do not believe that Snape does not hate 
Harry - "you and your filfy father" convinced me that he does).

And of course the fact that Snape contributed to making said child 
an orphan makes me want to see him suffer even more.

So, does that answer your question? :)

Again, I am very outspoken in my hatred of Snape, but you will find 
on this board plenty of people who feel as you do, don't worry :)

Welcome aboard. :)

Alla