Victory for TEWWW EWWW?? Snape the hero

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 173736

> 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.

LL:
My goodness, how terribly, terribly, completely,
utterly, fantastically out of order!  And, as with most
psychologizing, whether in English or History (which is where my
Ph.D. and 14 years of experience is, as well as my publications), how
completely and utterly manufactured of garbage.  The
name Lupinlore was actually picked because I had about two minutes
before my ride left and I was reading a fanfic about Lupin at the
time that had to do with werewolf lore.

Which is, in any case, totally irrelevant.  As both Nora and Alla
have pointed out, what on Earth does Lupin's character have to do
with Snape's?  The failings or perception of them in one man have
nothing whatsoever to do with the failings or perception of them in
another.



> Leslie41:
> 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.

LL:
Why?  Because you admire Severus Snape and excoriate Remus Lupin?
Because somehow a Ph. D. conveys great insight?  It doesn't, in
either my case or yours or anyone else's.  The doctorate line at any
graduate school commencement contains as large a percentage of dolts,
dimwits, and fools as you'll find in any random sample.  The same
goes for any assemblage of senior faculty.

It would seem that anyone who admires Sirius Black and dislikes Snape
is in the same boat, as is anyone who admires James Potter and
dislikes Snape, as is anyone who admires Dumbledore and dislikes
Snape, as is anyone who ... well, anyone who dislikes Snape, period.
Including the person who invented him -- who, by the way, has
expressed great liking and admiration for Remus Lupin ...

I dislike Snape because he is petty, cruel, abusive, idiotically
blind to the truth, and contemptible.  The fact of what he did to
help Harry (which he did not do for noble reasons, but because of his
own intense emotional burden) in no way excuses his sins.  True, Harry
forgives him, even sees the good in him, but that's what Resurrected
Saviors do.  Not being a Resurrected Savior, I don't have to worry
about being so divinely forgiving -- I leave that to my priest in the
confessional.


Lupinlore, who really IS getting to like JKR more with each passing
revelation