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[adamjmarcantel]

No: HPFGUIDX 173003

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at ...> wrote:
>
> Nora, quoting from The Today Show today:
> 
> > "Was Snape always intended to be a hero?" "Is he a hero? I don't 
see
> > Snape as a hero... he's very brave, but..." "Would he have 
protected
> > Harry if he hadn't loved Lily?" "No, not at all."
> > 
<<Snipt>>> > Unquestionably brave, but....EWWWW!
> 
> 
> SSSusan:
> Count me as one who was quite thrilled to hear about JKR responding 
> to these questions in this way.
> 
> As much as I believed in DDM!Snape, <<snip>>, I have been just a 
tad bit honked off by 
> characterizations of Snape that I've seen which went a little too 
far 
> (imho) in classifying him as The Good One or a hero.  
> 
<<Snip>>But Snape didn't immediately turn into a full-
> fledged hero or the *true* 'epitome of goodness' in my mind.
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan,
> who as one can tell by her name, *is* a Snape fan... just one who 
> wants to retain a realistic picture of what the man was all about
>

I agree 100% and am glad someone else shares this view.  I have 
always been a Snape-defender (not ALWAYS a fan) and always trusted he 
was on the good side...although characterizing him as a "hero" is a 
bit much.  He was good, but flawed, as are most of us...which is why 
I think I related to Snape all these years much more than Harry.

Adam, for whom the stories evolved into Snape's story as much as 
Harry's.