Thoughts on Severus: how does he fit in?

[Barbara Key]

No: HPFGUIDX 176748

> > John Paul Smith wrote:
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> > My overall thought after reading Deathly Hallows is as follows.
> > With all of the HP series, Rowling uses timeless archetypes to
> > fill out her stories. If you take the obviousness of Star Wars
> > you can see this quite clearly. Take the SAT Route: Harry Potter
> > Series is to Star wars as:

> > Harry = Luke Skywalker (the young hero)
> > Dumbledore = Ben Kenobi (learned master)
> > Hagrid = Chewbacca (loyal retainer)

> > And so on and so forth, etc, etc. However, and what I have 
> > been racking my brain about is "Where does Snape fit in this 
> > equation?"


The only character that I can think that comes close
to Snape would be Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Once he makes his turn from total evil to semi good,
he does the right things, he never fits in, he is
sarcastic, he loves completey (but the love may or may
not be returned), he is courageous, and he dies saving
the world.

He also inspires either love or hatred from the fans.

Also, like Snape, Spike was a fanastic creation that
got away from its creator. JKR created Snape but
doesn't want us to like him and JW created Spike and
did everything in his power to make the fans hate. 

Barbara