Snape Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Deathly Hallows: My Review (SPOILERS!)

[dkewpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 172391




 

 Magpie:

 No flames from me. If you want support, that's what I got out of it 

 too. A very small redemption, one that leaves me looking back on 

 Snape's behavior throughout the books and finding him a lot less of 

 a character than I thought he was. And I thought Snape *was* good. I 

 never doubted for a second he was DDM. I had argued with Dana that 

 being a double agent doesn't mean you can't also have had a true 

 epiphany and become a different person. I still believe that's 

 possible, but her description of Snape was the correct one.





I'm surprsied at Ali and your one note reading of Snape. Just because we found out Lily being the *initial* motivation for Snape doesn't mean he never evolve or not care for anything else beside Lily later on.
And it certainly shouldn't flatten of his character in the previous books, as least not the way I see it. 


In fact the pensieve flashback clearly shows us Snape does things that has nothing to do with Lily and that he does believe in doing the right thing.  Such as his attempt at saving Lupin. his anger and frustration toward Dumbledore fatal injuired by the ring, his geninue hatred feeling for having to kill Dumbledore, him telling Phineas never using the word "mudblood", his lament on "people he couldn't save"...etc etc.. I see him doing these beyond selfish reasons/love for lily.

Dumbledore knows Snape DOES care for Harry deep inside his heart, even if it's in a "tought love" sort of way. That's why he teased him about it, even knowing Snape would not admit it. 



All in all, I think JKR intentionally to keep Snape mysterious for readers' interpretation. Haters (ex:  Alla) can still hate him and read everything he does as "disgusting/selfish/evil" whatever, while for me his actions clearly shows that he's a courageous tragic hero. 





Magpie:
 And I must add I find Harry's naming his son after this guy frankly 

 bizarre. It's strange enough naming him after Dumbledore given the 

 weirdness there. But naming your kid after the guy who treated you 

 badly all your life because he hated you and got your parents killed 

 with less than total regret, because it turned out he protected your 

 life as part of his obsessive love of your mother the whole time? 

 Yeah, that's...creepy. 

 

I have to disagree and I don't find it creepy at all.
I agree with JKR and Harry's view of Snape being a courageous man. And I like how it shows Harry has to deal with recognize that during those 19 years. 


Jo