[HPforGrownups] Hero types / Why Snape must ultimately be a hero

[silmariel]

No: HPFGUIDX 152026

> > >>Pippin:
> >
> > Then we have Snape, the anti-hero.
> > <snip of anit-hero definition>
>
> Betsy Hp:
> Snape as Casablanca's Rick Blaine, hmmm.  I do think Snape is the
> series' other hero.  He's the antithesis of Harry, his shadow I
> suppose.  Except, I'm not sure Snape is really as disconnected from
> actually being a hero that the anti-hero requires.  Compared to Rick
> Blaine, Snape is *far* more active in bringing down the enemy than
> Rick was.  I suppose Snape is the sort of hero Rick becomes once the
> credits to Casablanca roll, but at that point it could be argued
> that Rick is moving out of the anti-hero role himself.  I think.
> Though I might not be getting exactly what the anti-hero is.

Spoilers for the Battletech series -

I don't have so clear what's an antihero, but here is a list of the characters 
I perceive as fitting the bill:

Martin from Flesh and Blood aka The Rose&The Sword by Verhoeven, Riddick from 
Pitch Black, leading characters in Sin City, Justin Xiang Allard from the 
Battletech series the sun and the sword, Case from Neuromancer, Spawn, 
Wolverine, Motoko Kusanagi from The Ghost in the Shell, Elric of Melniboné by 
Michael Moorcock, characters from Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser by Fritz Leiber, 
Conan the Barbarian, Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean, The Man With 
No Name in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy, Artemis Fowl.

Snape is a clear candidate, just IMO.

Silmariel