Was HPB's ending BANG-y? (Was: Will there be an ESE!character in Book 7? )

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No: HPFGUIDX 147461

> Nora wrote: 
<SNIP>
> > And then Snape ups and kills him.  And we-the-readers are left
> either to go "Wow, that was totally BANGy", or to start spinning 
more 
> > explanations as to why it wasn't actually a genuine BANG (it 
wasn't 
> > an AK curse, they had a plan, Dumbledore isn't actually dead, 
etc.).
> > 
> > But then again, since when does anything with Snape actually work
> the way that JKR seems to have intended it?  Others may be 
skeptical,
> but I get the impression that she's genuinely a little befuddled at
> the way that people tend to read the character when she thinks that
> she's made some things ("horrible person") rather clear.<snip>

>> Carol responds:
> I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that JKR calls Snape a
> "horrible teacher," not a "horrible person"... <SNIP>

Alla:

No, Nora is right. JKR calls him deeply horrible person. ( not that 
this is somehow goes against canon the way I read it)

"Summer 1999
 Harry Potter Author Works Her Magic by Katy Abel 
 

Q: Who's your favorite character besides Harry Potter? 

A: It's very hard to choose. It's fun to write about Snape because 
he's a deeply horrible person. Hagrid is someone I'd love to meet. "


Carol:
>And in a bildungsroman, where the child protagonist has not
> yet acquired wisdom, it's unlikely that the child is right. As for 
the
> heroic quest, I could be wrong, but I don't think that the hero's
> judgment of who is or is not a villain is an essential element of 
the
> genre. 

Alla:

It IS one of the essential elements of heroic quest as far as I 
know - to know what are you looking for and who are your enemies and 
I agree with Nora, book 7 IS very likely to have many features of 
heroic quest. I mean, hero gets help along the way, but certainly he 
has to know whom to trust. Of course book 7 is unlikely to play ONLY 
by the rules of quest, so we shall see.



> Carol, whose first reaction to HBP was grief for *Snape* and anger 
at
> JKR for betraying both him and the reader, but who now hopes after
> multiple rereadings that JKR will redeem herself by giving us a
> plausible and courageous (but still sarcastic) DDM!Snape in Book 7
>

Alla, who thinks that JKR does not need to redeem herself for the 
spectacular ending of HBP and who hopes that Snape will get what he 
deserves at the end, whatever that may be.