Greatest creation

Jen Reese stevejjen at earthlink.net
Thu Jul 26 21:08:54 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 173088

> Carol, wondering how JKR could fail to realize that Snape is her
> > greatest creation

Jen D.: 
> Ah you sparked me, Carol. I was totally taken aback by JKR's less-
> glowing assessment of Snape whom so many idolize and love. 

Jen R.: I'm not trying to be facetious here in saying my guess is JKR 
considers Harry her greatest creation.  He was the most unlikey hero 
to ever appear to someone in a vision at a train station. :)  I like 
to think she saw the thin, spectacled boy before her and 
thought, 'him, *he's* the hero of my story?' but of course she 
didn't; she saw Harry and her sympathy was with him, has always been 
with him.  She didn't even know who he was at first - just a boy.  

While Snape is a "gift of a character," my guess is JKR may come off 
as more blase about Snape because she's spent 17 years wrestling with 
who Snape is; she long ago formed her primary opinions about him (is 
my guess), since she had access to all the information and wasn't 
waiting for a big revelation.    

I expect after 17 years I'll finally have a handle on Snape as well. 
<g>

Jen R. 





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