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[pair_0_docks]

No: HPFGUIDX 173711

> Alla:
<snip>
> Did she leave in he is "spiteful and a bully" remark or did she cut
> that out as well?
>
> So does author's intent counts now or is it still irrelevant? I am
> asking this question in general, not just to you.
>
> My view of Snape does not change – I see spiteful, bully and not a
> hero, while brave in the text, but  oy. Was she afraid of leaving it
> as is?
>
> At least we know what she meant to say in the first place before
> she changed it, LOL.
>

pair_0_docks:

Yes I probably could have just put the more of the quote in there but
she continues after stating:

"He's a complicated man...he's bitter, he's spiteful, he's a bully,
all of these things are still true of Snape.

Was he brave yes immensely, was he capable of love very
definitely...Harry forgives him. Harry sees the good in Snape."

Curious to know how you would define hero? I guess it does seem
possible, to me at least, that a person (Snape) can still act
heroically and yet still have some other negative qualities...this
would seem to fit better with the philosophy that Sirius (movie)
and/or DD (book)and therefore Rowling herself believe: "the world not
just split into good people and death eaters we all got both light and
dark inside us what matters is the part we choose to act on."

It might be that each interpretation is finding some of the
contradictions that do seem somewhat apparent, but I think some are
trying to work through them...maybe though certain things cannot be
reconciled within the text so each of us readers needs to do that for
her/himself.