Characters inconsistencies (mostly Snape's) WAS :Re:What did you like

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> Magpie:
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I would actually disagree with you that the 
characters 
> in this series aren't consistent--they're remarkably so, imo. 
They're 
> not one note, but they're not particularly inconsistent. Certainly 
> not Snape. He's the same character in every book--his consistancy 
is 
> even highlighted in a scene in DH. The fact that he was a Death 
Eater 
> and then was not a Death Eater due to a change of heart explained 
in 
> the book doesn't make the man inconsistent any more than Harry is 
> inconsistent because he fancied Cho and then didn't fancy her. 
Their 
> basic characters actually remained very strong throughout (and in 
> Snape's case we didn't know that basic character until DH).
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Alla:

Well, I don't know actually. I actually agree with one sentence that 
Carol wrote in this thread - it is all depends on how you look at it 
IMO.

I mean, for example you say that Snape's basic character remains very 
strong throughout the books. Well, but what IS Snape's basic 
character, you know?

If you mean that his attitudes towards Harry and other kids remain 
the same throughout the book and that **is** his basic character, 
then sure I would agree with you. If you mean that Snape loving Lily 
is his  basic character, sure I agree with it too.

But I just do not see how one can say that Snape's change of heart as 
to his being DE not makes him inconsistent character. I truly think 
it does. OR one can say that it makes him dynamic character, changing 
etc, but to me it is not mutually exclusive.

Snape changed something that as far as I am concerned was his basic 
values, so yeah I think it is inconsistent, inconsistent in a good 
way, as in changing way. I mean, I suppose that those readers who 
think that Snape was since his early childhood was nice decent 
honorable guy who just took a wrong turn in his life would probably 
argue against it, but IMO young Snape really and truly believed in 
what Voldies stood for and embraced his values.

So, yes to me him coming back is a major major change in his 
character.

JMO

Alla