Snape, Snape, Snape--favorite moments (Re: Snape's involvement in the...)

[Jen Reese]

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> Betsy Hp:
> Are you kidding me?!?  It's Snape at his scariest when I most want
> to drag him off and do unspeakable things to him... (oh, um... too
> much information?) <rbeg>

Jen: YES! *snicker*
> 
> I completely agree that Snape is in his dangerous mode in the 
> kitchen.  Not in a "mad man who's going to snap at any moment" sort 
> of way, but very much able to handle anything Sirius might think to 
> throw at him. Fully alert, fully focused; absolutely capable, 
> absolutely in command.  (Mmmm, Snape)

Jen: I'm going to be mean here and snip out all your fine arguments 
because really, there's not much more I can add or subtract from 
everything that's been said on the thread.  And your thought above 
inspired me to try to start a "What I like about the character of 
Snape" thread. :)  I can be open-minded, I *can*.  I'm going to give 
some moments where I've enjoyed Snape as a character and admired the 
job Rowling has done in creating him:

1) Number 1 for me will always be his speech during the first 
Occlumency lesson: "Then you will find yourself easy prey for the 
Dark Lord!...Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, 
who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and 
allow themselves to be provoked this easily - weak people in other 
words - they stand no chance against his powers!" 

Vulnerable!Snape.  Most of the times I really connect with the 
character are when he's not being all swoopy and sneering and 
definitely not scary Snape, but when he offers something of himself.  
At least that's my understanding, that he's perhaps unknowingly 
giving Harry insight into what made him 'easy prey' for Voldemort.

2)  Pensieve Scene:  A moment of identifying with him, feeling 
compassion, and wondering if Rowling might be going somewhere other 
than what I'd thought was when young Severus had pink bubbles coming 
out his mouth and was turned upside down to show his grey skivvies. I 
felt like I was back in high school, not because I was ever bullied, 
but because it's so easy to remember how mortifying that would have 
been at that age.

3)  That moment on the tower when he bursts through the ramparts, 
taking in the scene, and Dumbledore first speaks his name.  He walks 
forward and pushes Malfoy out of the way, the DEs drop back.  I wish 
that moment could be suspended in time.  I thought he was going to 
somehow set everything right, keep Dumbledore alive, work a miracle 
and finally come out as being on Dumbledore's side.  (I'm not saying 
Snape didn't do all those other things even if it appears to the 
contrary, but I really thought *in that suspended moment* that DD was 
about to be saved from a violent death even if he died from other 
causes at the end of the story.)

Okay, *whew* don't want to stretch myself too much this first time.  
I'd love to hear about other moments people connect with for whatever 
reason.

Jen