The 'Seeming' Reality

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> Alla:
> 
> Well I can buy the after "or" part of this paragraph - as in "jerk 
> but did other things too". If he is a jerk but for different 
> reasons, does it really matter though?

Potioncat:

What I was trying to say, is that Snape-the-jerk was still trying to 
save Harry from Quirrell/LV, or from Black. He was no less a jerk, 
but he was protecting Harry. (Pending the final page of book 7)

We each have such large trollies of Snape baggage, I'm not sure we 
can really manage this topic. Keep in mind, the original post in this 
thread has nothing to do with Snape.

It isn't that a character is duping the hero, it's the author who is 
duping the hero. Or more importantly, she's duping us. In a fun way. 
And, as has been demonstrated up thread, it's not just with Snape.

In CoS one of the characters from a different House gives some very 
good reasons why Harry could be the Heir of Slytherin. He was wrong, 
but his reasons were all good ones. Same with Harry. 

Instead maybe, look how Harry/the reader was misled about Black. Look 
at the things he did, and the reasons we were given for those 
actions. Afterwards it was a very different situation.