LID!Snape rides again (was: High Noon for OFH!Snape)

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 149968

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at ...> 
wrote:
  

> 
> Why should it be so hard to understand that for JKR's characters,
> and maybe even for JKR herself, lives are a much bigger deal than
> feelings? There's nothing artificial or inconsistent about that, 
it's
> just a different set of values.
> 

I don't know, I certainly find Dumbledore, the "epitome of goodness" 
to be artificial and inconsistent.  I suppose it's hard to understand 
the values that's supposed to represent because they are bizarre, 
extreme, and frankly, imo, often reprehensible.

Now, I think the problem is that often things in the HP series aren't 
supposed to represent values at all.  They are supposed to represent 
plot points.  However, they come across sometimes as representing 
values -- and thus why I think JKR is honestly taken aback by fan 
reactions to certain things.  Once again, as I've said before, JKR is 
often a victim of the problem of three:  What she thinks she's 
writing, what we read, and what's actually there are three different 
things, and often don't have that much resemblance to one another.


Lupinlore