Victory for TEWWW EWWW?? Snape the hero

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 173154

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "leslie41" <leslie41 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> As for JKR's comment on the Today Show regarding Snape, I find it 
> very interesting, fascinating in fact, but pretty much irrelevant.
<SNIP>
>> It's dangerous for us to take what Rowling says about her own 
> characters too seriously.  She's not the best person to ask, any 
more 
> than a mother is the best person to ask about the behavior of her 
> children.  She does not have the perspective required.
>


Alla:

Well, deciding how much JKR's perspective worth is up to individual 
reader obviously.

But my thing is that I am taking author's words as additional 
support for my view, that is all, nothing more nothing less.

If authoritarial intent is irrelevant to your interpetation, well, 
that's your interpetation.

Mine is that I like what she says. Hey, I was majorly majorly wrong 
about DD!M Snape, but she managed to do him the way to make so many 
people with different views completely happy including me.

You said that what is in the text matters, that IS my point though.

To me everything she said IS already in the text, I see it there. 
and what she said is just reinforces to me that it is in the text 
indeed.

His despicable treatment of Harry IS in the text as I interpret it, 
him telling Dumbledore "Him?" and that I take to mean that he could 
care less about Harry and Rowling simply confirmed it for me.

So, what I am trying to say _ I see Snape **no hero** in the text, 
and what JKR says just reinforces it to me.

I mean his bravery is there too obviously, but to me for mostly 
wrong, selfish reasons. He does the right thing but for the wrong 
reasons to me, yes.

Alla.