ESEDDM!Snape

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 147519

> 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. "
> 
> Bart:
> 	This goes to what is becoming my favorite theory about 
Snape; he IS 
> evil, but considers Voldemort such a major menace that he is 
willing to 
> ally himself with the Order. Consider, for example, a con artist 
who 
> takes advantage of the greed of others falling upon a den of 
terrorists. 
> If he helps out the government, he is no less evil; it's just that 
he is 
> willing to help stop an even greater evil.


Alla:

Absolutely. I have absolutely no problem buying this type of Snape. 
You see, despite me having very serious reservations of calling the 
man who killed Dumbledore "loyal to Dumbledore", I can see all those 
clues discussed multiple times actually turning to be clues in 
support of DD!M Snape.

So, yes, to me Snape loyalty is not a given and I can buy that he 
can turn out DD!M Snape ( don't want to, but what I want to is not 
really relevant to analysing the story, IMO).

What I DO think of as a "given", as an "established" in canon ( and 
I realise that not everybody thinks that way, but this is my opinion 
and with one book left, I doubt that something can sway me from that 
opinion) is Snape's general character  and that indeed goes back 
to "deeply horrible person"

I like JKR's interviews, I consider them to be very very helpful in 
trying to predict what happened, but even if she would not call 
Snape "deeply horrible person", that is exactly how I would think 
about him, the question of his loyalties notwithstanding.

Now, I can even buy Snape being a bastard in general, but having 
SOME nobility of the character and realising that Voldemort is evil 
OR what you said - Snape being a person of really BAD character, but 
understanding that Voldemort would be very bad choice to gamble 
upon. ( Isn't your Snape in essense some kind of OFH!Snape? Just 
trying to clarify.)

So, yes, I can buy Snape who is complete bastard, but loyal to 
Dumbledore's bastard. Hoping that JKR will go for genuine betrayal, 
but can absolutely see this variety of Snapey as reasonable and 
supported by canon. :-)

What I am NOT buying ever and this is of course JMO is "Saint 
Severus". You know, the one who after leaving DE did not do ANYTHING 
really bad, and even while he was being DE, he did not do anything 
REALLY bad , after all he was most likely just preparing potions for 
Voldemort and never used any unforgivables. Oh,and of course Harry 
should be REALLY grateful for that type of Severus, after all Saint 
Severus just protects Harry and/or toughens him for Voldemort. That 
variety of Snape makes me laugh. 

Alla,

still hopes for Snape who betrayed Dumbledore, but thanking Bart for 
very reasonable alternate.