[HPforGrownups] Re: DD trust in Snape again.

[rebecca]

No: HPFGUIDX 154697

>> > Lupinlore:
>> > Indeed, what would become of the forgiven Snape?
>>
>> Marika:
>> Maybe the worse headmaster Hogwarts ever had - even counting Phineas
>> Nigellus  :-)
>>
> Lupinlore:
> Chuckle.  Now THAT would be a wood pulper moment, wouldn't it?  Not
> only a child abuser, but with an entire school of children to abuse.
> However, I could actually see it happen.
>

Rebecca now:

There's an old saying by country folks that when you make stew, fat always 
rises to the top. :) Now that I've completely confused you all with that, if 
Snape were forgiven, why isn't it possible that his behavior would change 
too? Carol's statement earlier to oull back from the Snape-Harry interaction 
and look at the bigger picture is spot on, IMO.

I might also mention that JKR has also stated in interviews that bullying 
students is one of the worst things a teacher can do, so outright 
declarations of reprehensibility by fans that she supports abuse IMO are 
fairly overreaching. To me, such utterances remind me of the groups who 
endeavor to pull the books from public and school libraries because they 
contain "magic" and "evil" - it just makes the hairs on the back of my neck 
prickle. It's interesting to me that JKR's books are reacted to this way, 
when CS Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia and Pullman's His Dark Materials are 
not: both contain equally abusive characters, but they are truly fantasy and 
perhaps readers don't perceive these nuances as much because the world in 
which they are written isn't as "real" as what JKR has written the WW to be. 
That said, all in all, it's just fiction isn't it?

Rebecca