[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape still gives off that stalker vibe to me

[doliesl at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 172488

Alla:
> 
> True, he is ten and he is not a stalker at that time, but we already 
> hear the word watches **greedily**, that gives me stalkering vibe.

Ceridwen:
"Greedily" doesn't always mean negative things.  It can also mean with 
longing, non-negative.  I saw him more as a child who didn't have many 
friends, looking at someone who was like him in a unique way, and 
wishing very hard she was his friend.

D:

Yeah, 'greed' as in hunger for companionship and acceptance coming from a poor, awkward, neglected and lonely child from an unhappy family. 

On the other hand the Draco-ish James and Sirius from train scene totally disgusted me. 
 
The word 'just a crush'  is used inappropirately and totally undermined what was in the memories (so it's easier for readers to brush off)  We know that Snape and Lily were childhood friends, pre-puberty. Snape probably put the memories of young Lily on a pedestral in a way because she was his first friend and his only comfort, and their time together was probably the happiest time of his life. They've known each other for a long time and drifted apart in seperate ways around 5-6th year.  


 Leslie:
> His love for her, his anguish at losing her, and his redemption, are 
> all dependent on the fact that his emotions are real and true, as 
> true as James' for Lily, or Sirius' for James, or Hermione's for 
> Harry.
>

Alla:

You are likely to be correct, but I most definitely see lots of 
ambiguity in those emotions. They can be read differently and I read 
them that way.

D: 
Anyone can selectively interpret and ignore anything pure and geniune into as ugly and negative as possible because of biased, one can determined to think only the worst and be content in hatred. Except these kinds of interpretation  contradict and cannot be reconcil with the final word from Harry: Snape being the bravest man he's ever known, and naming his son after him.  And what everything Harry said during the final duel with Voldemort about Snape. 

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