"Bad Snapers," Karma, and the End of Snape

[lizzyben04]

No: HPFGUIDX 176337

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Elizabeth Snape"
<snapes_witch at ...> wrote:
>
>  lizzyben quoting a newspaper acticle: 
> > 
> > 
> > The Record, Northern NJ
> > 14 October 1999 
> > Students Meet the Real Wizard Behind the Harry Potter Craze
> > By Leslie Brody
> > 
> > "She also reported that Professor Snake is based on a chemistry 
> > teacher who hated her and made her life miserable. "The great thing 
> > about being a writer is that you have a chance to get back at those 
> > people who wronged you," she said. 
> > 
> 
> This acticle is rubbish IMO.  AFAIK Jo *never* said John Nettleship 
> hated her, only that he was a strict teacher in a subject that the 
> bright young Joanne had little affinity for, much like Harry and 
> potions.  The 'nasty' man turned around and gave Jo's mother a job 
> when she sorely needed one and he and his wife became friends with 
> her.  If Snape was revenge on Nettleship, it backfired because he's 
> by most reports gotten quite a kick out of being the model for Prof. 
> Snape.
> 
> Snape's Witch
>

lizzyben:

Maybe, buy it is pretty consistent w/what she's said in other
interviews. I should've included the link -
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/1099-starledger-garrity2.html

As for Nettleship, was he really thrilled to be the model for this
character? I dunno, the BBC article says that he's just learned to
deal w/it.

"It was then that he discovered his friends and family had already
made the connection between himself and the terrifying teacher long
before the story hit the big screen.

Mr Nettleship was shocked to learn that his wife, Shirley, agreed that
JK Rowling had used him as a template for the character. He said: "I
was rather distressed about this but Shirley said 'I'm afraid so: I
realised that a long time ago but I didn't dare tell you'."

But, as if by magic, he has since come to believe that his former
pupil's literary work is more of a gentle, if wile, way of paying him
back for ensuring that people always paid attention during his
lessons. And he has a glimmer of hope that the meaner aspects of
Professor Snape's character are not based on him at all.

He added: "There are ways of pupils getting their revenge, but
this is a much more sophisticated retaliation."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1731602.stm