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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