Victory for TEWWW EWWW?? Snape the hero

[leslie41]

No: HPFGUIDX 173264

Nora:
No, seriously, for shame. Pulling out the "tu quoque!" to attack a
listie's ideas about one character seems to me to be a serious failure
of argument, as if we necessarily had to address all characters when
we were speaking about one. This slides on the fine edge of going
after a poster rather than engaging with the ideas.

Leslie41:
Well, there I would have to disagree.  Names are incredibly 
important, most especially the names we give ourselves.  They are 
often a profound statement of not only our interests, but what we 
admire, and with whom we identify. Lupinlore has and continues to 
make a statement with his name, and any perusal of his posts will 
show that his choice is apt in terms of what he admires.  For 
example:  If I name myself  ""nsynclover" and then visit a discussion 
board on music and attack the Beatles, well would a Beatles fan be 
untoward in criticizing me on the basis of my name, even if I'd never 
brought up nsync?  Not in that context, no.   

To admire Remus Lupin and excoriate and loathe Severus Snape seems to 
me to reveal a basic refusal to come to terms with the characters of 
both men, and anyone guilty of that to me demonstrates that their 
opinions on Severus Snape are suspect. And again, I don't think Snape 
is blameless and holy or anything like that. I don't like him and I 
don't think he's likeable.  Many Snape lovers criticize Lily for 
abandoning him, but I think she was right and probably gave him more 
slack than he deserved.  Nor do I deny that he has a sadistic streak 
when it comes to his students.  But to criticize Snape's snapping at 
his students while admiring a man that put the entire population of 
Hogwarts in danger, well that to me makes no sense.  And to attempt 
to undermine his courage and sacrifice, and attempt to diminish his 
contribution (which Snape haters are all doing right as we speak) to 
me makes no sense.        

Though I take issue with some of the assertions in the article you 
cited, I agree with much of it.  Most especially at the end where the 
author cites that "Snape eventually redeems his poor choices and 
mistakes."   

Alla:
I totally respect your interpetation, I just disagree that your 
interpetation is stronger than mine, since author allegedly had 
something different in mind, you know?

Leslie41:
I respect your opinion as well, but authorial intent can't be used as 
a support for your argument, because it's irrelevant.