Snape again WAS: Re: What is in the box - Prank and SHIPS

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 177136

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Potioncat here: Missing moments are so much fun. I've read over 
these 
> two posts below and given them some thought. Alla, I must have 
missed 
> any post that ever mentioned your liking for Snape.  One can 
imagine 
> that your vehement opposition to him now is a result of having so 
> esteemed him before. (Sorry, I've been reading Austin again.)
> <SNIP, BUT OH SO RELUCTANT ONE>

Alla:

You. Are. Hilarious. You know that? I am sure you do. God knows I 
have told you this enough over the years :)

I am putting this missing scene of my favorite SHIP in my collection 
of my all time favorite posts ever.


But funnily there is some truth in what you and Austin said ;). Let 
me explain and I am glad it would not sound too parrot like for you.


Some time ago I had a very interesting conversation with the list 
member offlist about why would one would want to keep talking about 
topic or book which one did not like and I actually could relate to 
the part of it. The failed expectations may indeed force one to talk 
about something you do not like over and over.

Snape indeed was my favorite character after book 1. Even Harry came 
in second ;)

But he was not my favorite character in a sense that I just loved 
everything the character did, oh no. I mean, I loved how he was 
written, but what I loved the most was the potential for change.

Here I thought the man who mistreats eleven year old in such 
disgusting way, but he still saves him. He must have been an 
honorable man, and he just may learn what a great kid Harry is and 
come to respect him and help him.

At the end, as far as I am concerned, not much changed, Snape died 
hating Harry, while not wanting him dead.

This point is I am absolutely set on, I am convinced that Snape died 
hating Harry.

So, what I am trying to say is that somehow during the series after 
GoF specifically I was dissapointed that Snape did not change his 
attitudes towards Harry not even after Graveyeard.

Not the glimpse of sympathy for the burden Harry was carrying on his 
shoulders. Nothing, nada, zilch.

My love/hate turned out to hate at the end of OOP, I think.

So, yeah to make a long story short, at some point in time, I saw in 
Snape an honorable man in his own right, who was struggling for 
redemption and who just may figure out how amasingly wrong he is in 
his assesment of Harry.

See, I never ever thought that eleven year old should have a burden 
of making good relationship with his teacher, if his teacher was so 
amasingly unfair to him on the first lesson.

I thought it should be all up to Snape, absolutely.

I do not **blame** JKR for her doing the character the way she 
imagined, not me, LOL. I am happy with the story she told, BUT I did 
have to make a reassesment of Snape's character in my mind and boy 
was it not flattering at all.

But I still think she did a phenomenal job with him.

JMO,

Alla