Evil Snape

[christy callahan]

No: HPFGUIDX 154678

     
Pippin:
> I agree that JKR is straightforward, or at least drops anvil-sized 
> hints, about some things, and that Voldemort will be defeated by 
> love is one of them. But other things are complicated. Isn't it 
> funny that we are attracted to Snape by the complexity of his 
> character, and yet expend all this bandwidth trying to reduce him 
> to some three-letter formula or other? :) 

Alla:
> As to Snape, I can only speak for myself, but I absolutely think 
> that his complexiness is greatly exaggerated. I totally attracted 
> to his character (as in Love to hate him), but to me - I just want 
> to know his motives, meaning knowing the mystery of his backstory.


Christy:
I think you, Alla, had a good point when you said that Snape's 
complexity is very exaggerated. And only by the people. The book 
lays everything out clearly. Even the lines written are not using 
very complex words in a creative order. Snape is probably the 
biggest labyrinth in the story, but it could be simpler than we 
think. He might be linked to things that are not obvious and that 
have not been speculated. Perhaps Snape is good, and the argument 
that he had with Dumbledore was Snape refusing to kill him. The 
difference between Malfoy and Snape is that there is absolutely no 
question that Malfoy is a snake. But I have seen some of Alan 
Rickman's interviews and after someone asks him a question about 
why is Snape such a mystery...he hints at, 'you just have to wonder 
why he's saving their lives all the time, especially in Prisoner of 
Azkaban.'  He has said before that JK has told him some details in 
the books to come. So.. with this evidence, I think Snape is good 
after all.